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All the values above w-x-1 will equal zero. So summing to infinity or to w-x-1 produces the same numerical value.
 
I don't understand this either.. Why do we have to subtract x-1 from w, if w is the maximum age a person can live to?
 
w is the limiting age for the population. We assume that everyone dies before age w and l_w = 0 (ie no one is alive at age w, and indeed at any age higher than w).

So, if someone is aged 116, and w = 120, then 3_p_116 (the probability of surviving from age 116 for 3 years to age 119) is non-zero, but 4_p_116 (the probability of surviving from age 116 for 4 years to age 120) is zero.

Hence, in general, t_p_x will be non-zero for values of t up to and including w-x-1, but 0 for values of t above w-x-1.

So it doesn't matter if the summation goes beyond w-x-1 to infinity, as we're just adding on lots of zeroes.
 
w is the limiting age for the population. We assume that everyone dies before age w and l_w = 0 (ie no one is alive at age w, and indeed at any age higher than w).

So, if someone is aged 116, and w = 120, then 3_p_116 (the probability of surviving from age 116 for 3 years to age 119) is non-zero, but 4_p_116 (the probability of surviving from age 116 for 4 years to age 120) is zero.

Hence, in general, t_p_x will be non-zero for values of t up to and including w-x-1, but 0 for values of t above w-x-1.

So it doesn't matter if the summation goes beyond w-x-1 to infinity, as we're just adding on lots of zeroes.
Thankyou very much.
Satisfied :)
 
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