Why didn't Charasoff and Remak use Perron-Frobenius mathematics?

Wilfried Parys

The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2014, vol. 21, issue 6, 991-1014

Abstract: At the beginning of the twentieth century the German mathematicians Perron and Frobenius published their powerful theorems on non-negative matrices. For many decades these tools were overlooked by all pioneers of linear economics (except Potron in France). I concentrate on Charasoff and Remak, the two pioneers in the German-language literature. Both were mathematicians, but both failed to use Perron-Frobenius mathematics in their economics. I discuss possible reasons for this neglect, and I also draw attention to the communication between different protagonists, the connection between Perron's forgotten Limit Lemma and Charasoff's economics, Remak's bizarre prices, and some interesting archival material.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/09672567.2014.951672

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