Human life is unlimited - but short
Journal article, 2017
limit for human life span
Jeanne Calment
future record ages
supercentenarians
no influence of lifestyle on survival at extreme age
size-biased sampling
no influence of genetic background on survival at extreme age
generalized Pareto distribution
force of mortality
Extreme human life lengths
Author
Holger Rootzen
Chalmers, Mathematical Sciences, Applied Mathematics and Statistics
University of Gothenburg
Dmitrii Zholud
Chalmers, Mathematical Sciences, Applied Mathematics and Statistics
University of Gothenburg
Extremes
1386-1999 (ISSN) 1572915x (eISSN)
Vol. 20 4 713-728Subject Categories
Mathematics
Probability Theory and Statistics
Areas of Advance
Building Futures (2010-2018)
Energy
Roots
Basic sciences
DOI
10.1007/s10687-017-0305-5