Oldest Living Person Age Process

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• The article models the age of the world's oldest living person rather than only the maximum lifespan within a birth cohort. — Modelling the age distribution of longevity leaders
• The oldest living person's age is modeled as a Markov process. — Modelling the age distribution of longevity leaders
• Between titleholder deaths, the oldest living person's age increases deterministically at rate one. — Modelling the age distribution of longevity leaders
• When the current titleholder dies, the age process jumps down to the next-oldest living person. — Modelling the age distribution of longevity leaders
• The model obtains an exact marginal distribution for the oldest living person's age. — Modelling the age distribution of longevity leaders