Re: [office-formula] period

[Andreas J Guelzow <aguelzow@math.concordia.ab.ca>]

On Mon, 2008-10-06 at 17:39 -0400, Patrick Durusau wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> Under AMORDEGRC I find:
> 
> period The period of interest.
> 
> but,
> 
> under DB I find:
> 
>     *
> 
>       /period/: the time period for which you want to find the
>       depreciation allowance, in the same units as lifeTime.
> 
> So, is "period" so well understood that it needs no definition (option 
> 1) or, do we in fact need a definition of "period," but that implies it 
> should be general and not just under DB (option 2).
> 
> Noting that the term "period" is used extensively with specific 
> definitions under particular formula, which complicates its usage even more.
> 
> Suggest:
> 
> General definition of "period" (perhaps with the other financial 
> "parameters") and then a statement that "period" has specific meaning in 
> a number of cases and those are defined as appropriate under particular 
> formula. In the absence of a specific definition for a formula, the 
> general definition is what was meant.
> 
> Suggestions/comments?
> 

You lost me. For various functions there are arguments that are denoted
by the 6-letter sequence "period". For each of those functions we need a
description of what the purpose/use of that argument is. Some of those
descriptions will likely involve the English word "period" if the whole
sentence includes a clear description which period is meant. Of course
the definition of each function should include the mathematical formula
in which case the former "period" just becomes the symbol for one of the
variables in that formula. 

Andreas


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Prof. Dr. Andreas J. Guelzow
Dept. of Mathematical & Computing Sciences
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