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  2. Mathematical economics - Wikipedia

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    Mathematical economics is the application of mathematical methods to represent theories and analyze problems in economics.Often, these applied methods are beyond simple geometry, and may include differential and integral calculus, difference and differential equations, matrix algebra, mathematical programming, or other computational methods.

  3. Paul Samuelson - Wikipedia

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    Samuelson's book was the second to introduce Keynesian economics to a wide audience, and was by far the most successful. Canadian economist Lorie Tarshis, who had been a student attending Keynes's lectures at Harvard in the 1930s, published in 1947 an introductory textbook that incorporated his lecture notes, titled Elements of Economics.

  4. Frank Ramsey (mathematician) - Wikipedia

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    In 1923, he received his bachelor's degree in mathematics, passing his examinations with the result of first class with distinction, and was named Senior Wrangler (top of his class). [2] Easy-going, simple and modest, Ramsey had many interests besides his mathematical and scientific studies.

  5. Dispute between a man and his Ba - Wikipedia

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    The ba instead urges the man to forget his thoughts of mortality and enjoy life. The man, unconvinced, cites the evil and hardship of the world and the promises of an afterlife in accordance with ancient Egyptian religious beliefs. The text ends with the man's ba encouraging the man to continue to his religious practices in hope of an afterlife ...

  6. Rational choice model - Wikipedia

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    Individuals make no difference to the outcome, “much as single molecules make no difference to the properties of the gas" [citation needed] (Herbert, G). This is a weakness of rational choice theory as it shows that in situations such as voting in an election, the rational decision for the individual would be to not vote as their vote makes ...

  7. Business mathematics - Wikipedia

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    Business mathematics comprises mathematics credits taken at an undergraduate level by business students.The course [3] is often organized around the various business sub-disciplines, including the above applications, and usually includes a separate module on interest calculations; the mathematics itself comprises mainly algebraic techniques. [1]

  8. Economics (Aristotle) - Wikipedia

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    A household is made up of a man and his property. Next, agriculture is the most natural form of good use for this property. The man should then find a wife. Children should come next because they will be able to take care of the household as the man grows old. These are called the subject matter of economics.

  9. Economic methodology - Wikipedia

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    the role of mathematics and mathematical economics in economics [14] the writing [15] and rhetoric of economics [16] the relation between theory, observation, application, and methodology in contemporary economics. [17] Economic methodology has gone from periodic reflections of economists on method to a distinct research field in economics ...