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1. Mathematization of informal ideas. Every science originates concepts about the real world that are rich in content and as adequate as possible. It is natural to refer to these concepts as informal models of the corresponding phenomena. In contrast to other sciences, mathematics originates its own, formalized (in essence, symbolic), concepts about the phenomena of the real world; these are known as mathematical models.
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Vorob’ev, N.N. (1994). Introduction. In: Foundations of Game Theory. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8514-0_1
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