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Kantorovich made valuable contributions to the theory of welfare and was the founder of the theory of optimal planning of socialist economics. As a professional mathematician, he also made a valuable contribution to a number of sections of modern mathematics. He is regarded (together with G. Dantzig) as the founder of linear programming, the mathematical discipline which has many applications in economics.
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Makarov, V. (2018). Kantorovich, Leonid Vitalievich (1912–1986). In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95189-5_738
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