Symplectic geometry: The natural geometry of economics?

Thomas Russell

Economics Letters, 2011, vol. 112, issue 3, 236-238

Abstract: In terms of symplectic geometry, economic price/quantity data arise from maximizing behavior when they lie on a Lagrangian sub-manifold of a symplectic space. Samuelson's test for maximizing behavior is shown to require economic data to satisfy this condition.

Keywords: Maximizing; behavior; Symplectic; geometry; Lagrangian; sub-manifolds (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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