Introduction to the Mathematicalization of Economics

Author: Cheng Zuru
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: This book traces the historical evolution of mathematical thought methods as its thread, placing the permeation of mathematics into economics within the context of the history of mathematics. It examines the motivating role of different stages of mathematical development in the breakthrough and innovation of economic theory, explores the mechanisms of the mathematicalization of economics, and finally discusses the relationship between the mathematicalization and scientification, as well as modernization, of economics. It also analyzes the pathways for the mathematicalization of economics in China.