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The word ?variable? in logic, mathematics and economics

Name: The word ?variable? in logic, mathematics and economics
Creator: Harald Dickson
Keywords: 0502 economics and business, 05 social sciences

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 1971 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Theory and Decision, volume 1, pages 252-268 (issn: 0040-5833, eissn: 1573-7187,

Authors: Harald Dickson;

doi: 10.1007/bf00139570

The word ?variable? in logic, mathematics and economics

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The paper deals with the meaning of the word ‘variable’ as used by various authors in various disciplines. In the first part of his article the author explains the synonyms used for this word such as indefinite numbers, mappings or concepts. He further discusses the meaning of variables and unknowns as applied in modern logic and traditional mathematics. In economic models the variable is inseparably linked to the economic quantity by which it is characterized and interpreted. Distinctions are made between endogenous and exogenous variables and between a variable and its time path.

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