Article ID: CBB000036416

Edgeworth, Samuelson, and operationally meaningful theorems (1987)

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Description “This article shows that F.Y. Edgeworth had, by 1909, employed optimization conditions, stability conditions, and a variant of a priori information to derive operationally meaningful theorems. This being the case, Edgeworth's work is found to have a significance not previously noticed and Samuelson's achievement is viewed anew.”


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Authors & Contributors
Creedy, John
Edgeworth, Francis Y.
Zorzi, Francesco
Vannucci, Alberto
Stigler, Stephen M.
O'Brien, Denis P.
Journals
Scottish Journal of Political Economy
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Revue d'Histoire des Sciences Humaines
Quaderni di Storia dell'Economia Politica
Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique
Publishers
University College Press
Rowman & Littlefield
Harvard College Library
Elgar Reference Collection
Bompiani
Blackwell
Concepts
Mathematics
Science and economics
Economics
Millennialism; eschatology; apocalyptic belief
Applied statistics
Symbolism; symbolic representation
People
Edgeworth, Francis Ysidro
Zorzi, Francesco
Samuelson, Paul
Jevons, William Stanley
Fisher, Ronald Aylmer
Stokes, George Gabriel
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
Renaissance
16th century
15th century
Places
British Isles
Ireland
Great Britain
Institutions
Statistical Society of London
Royal Statistical Society
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