The Mathematical Treatment of Pleasure by Hermann Heinrich Gossen

Reghinos D. Theocharis
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Reghinos D. Theocharis: Athens University of Economics and Business

Chapter 7 in The Development of Mathematical Economics, 1993, pp 198-214 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Hermann Heinrich Gossen (1810–1858), a German civil servant and businessman, in his only work published in 1854 under the title Entwickelung der Gesetze des menschlichen Verkehrs und der daraus fliessenden Regeln für menschliches Handeln1 made ample use of mathematics in his pioneering treatment of the theory of the hedonistic calculus.2

Keywords: Marginal Utility; Mathematical Treatment; Total Utility; Mathematical Economic; Differential Coefficient (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1993
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-12992-8_7

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