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Mathematical economics — Wikipedia (en)

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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 optimization, or other computational methods. Proponents of this approach claim that it allows the formulation of theoretical relationships with rigor, generality, and simplicity. Mathematics allows economists to form meaningful, testable propositions about wide-ranging and complex subjects that would be less easily expressed informally. Further, the language of mathematics allows economists to make specific, positive claims about controversial subjects that would be impossible without it. Much of economic theory is currently presented in terms of mathematical economic models, a set of stylized and simplified mathematical relationships asserted to clarify assumptions and implications. Broad applications include: optimization problems as to goal equilibrium, whether of a household, business firm, or policy maker static (or equilibrium) analysis in which the economic unit (such as a household) or economic system (such as a market or the economy) is modeled as not changing comparative statics as to a change from one equilibrium to another induced by a change in one or more factors dynamic analysis, tracing changes in an economic system over time, for example, from economic growth. Formal economic modeling began in the 19th century with the use of differential calculus to represent and explain economic behavior, such as utility maximization, an early economic application of mathematical optimization. Economics became more mathematical as a discipline throughout the first half of the 20th century, but the introduction of new and generalized techniques in the period around the Second World War, as in game theory, would greatly broaden the use of mathematical formulations in economics. This rapid systematizing of economics alarmed critics of the discipline as well as some noted economists. John Maynard Keynes, Robert Heilbroner, Friedrich Hayek, and others have criticized the broad use of mathematical models for human behavior, arguing that some human choices are irreducible to mathematics.

Tema degli esploratori: agenti e intelligenza artificiale (deposito sistematico; ricerca «agent-based model»).
Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «Mathematical economics» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_economics
Wikidata Q747534: «application of mathematical methods to represent theories and analyze problems in economics» (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q747534
Autori: i contributori di Wikipedia (cronologia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_economics?action=history).
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