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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2016 iii Paper 207 6 a Solution by
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For a nonnegative continuous event time , the survivor function is , and its probability density function isThe hazard function is the instantaneous event rate conditional on being event-free at that time:If the event is certain to occur in finite time, the density is proper: , so . Since and , the cumulative hazard function is . Therefore a certain eventual event requires unbounded integrated hazard:If the lifetime has a finite upper endpoint, the same divergence occurs as that endpoint is approached, and is interpreted as infinite beyond it.
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