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Advocates of mathematics as a mode of investigation and presentation of economic theory — those who favour what is briefly called ‘mathematical orientation’ — are able to point to many notable names in the role of economists who have used, or who now use, this method in what von Thünen (79) has called their search after truth.1
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Brand, H.W. (1961). Introduction. In: The Fecundity of Mathematical Methods in Economic Theory. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3673-3_1
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