mathematics and economics
From The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Second Edition, 2008
Edited by
Steven
N.
Durlauf
and
Lawrence
E.
Blume
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Abstract
The interconnection of mathematics and economics reflects changes in both the mathematics and economics communities over time. The respective histories of these disciplines are intertwined, so that both changes in mathematical knowledge and changing ideas about the nature of mathematical knowledge have effected changes in the methods and concerns of economists.
Keywords
Arrow, K.; Axiomatics; Cowles Commission; Debreu, G.; econometrics; Euclid; Koopmans, T.; Marshall, A.; mathematical economics; mathematics and economics; Newton, I.; Whewell, W.
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Weintraub, E.R. "mathematics and economics." The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Second Edition. Eds. Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online. Palgrave Macmillan. 16 May 2013 <http://www.dictionaryofeconomics.com/article?id=pde2008_M000372> doi:10.1057/9780230226203.1063