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  2. Karol Borsuk - Wikipedia

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    Karol Borsuk (8 May 1905 – 24 January 1982) was a Polish mathematician. His main area of interest was topology . He made significant contributions to shape theory , a term which he coined.

  3. Retraction (topology) - Wikipedia

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    A space is an absolute neighborhood retract for the class , written ⁡ (), if is in and whenever is a closed subset of a space in , is a neighborhood retract of . Various classes C {\displaystyle {\mathcal {C}}} such as normal spaces have been considered in this definition, but the class M {\displaystyle {\mathcal {M}}} of metrizable spaces ...

  4. Strategy of unbalanced growth - Wikipedia

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    The theory is generally associated with Hirschman. He presented a complete theoretical formulation of the strategy. Underdeveloped countries display common characteristics: low levels of GNI per capita and slow GNI per capita growth, large income inequalities and widespread poverty, low levels of productivity, great dependence on agriculture, a backward industrial structure, a high proportion ...

  5. Systems analysis - Wikipedia

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    Systems analysis is "the process of studying a procedure or business to identify its goal and purposes and create systems and procedures that will efficiently achieve them". Another view sees systems analysis as a problem-solving technique that breaks a system down into its component pieces and analyses how well those parts work and interact to ...

  6. Systems theory in political science - Wikipedia

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    His theory is a statement of what makes political systems adapt and survive. He describes politics in a constant flux, thereby rejecting the idea of "equilibrium", so prevalent in some other political theories (see institutionalism). Moreover, he rejects the idea that politics could be examined by looking at different levels of analysis.

  7. Ragnar Nurkse's balanced growth theory - Wikipedia

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    Hans Singer suggested that Nurkse's theory makes dubious assumptions about the underdeveloped economy. [7] For example, Nurkse assumes that the economy starts with nothing at hand. [ 5 ] However, an economy usually starts at a position which reflects the previous investment decisions undertaken in the country, [ 7 ] and at any given moment, an ...

  8. Big push model - Wikipedia

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    The Big Push Model is a concept in development economics or welfare economics that emphasizes the fact that a firm's decision whether to industrialize or not depends on the expectation of what other firms will do.

  9. System of systems - Wikipedia

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    System of systems is a collection of task-oriented or dedicated systems that pool their resources and capabilities together to create a new, more complex system which offers more functionality and performance than simply the sum of the constituent systems. Currently, systems of systems is a critical research discipline for which frames of ...