The origins of quasi-concavity: A development between mathematics and economics

Historia Mathematica

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 62-75

  Guerraggio, Angelo ^a,b   Molho, Elena ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Convexity; De Finetti; Fenchel; Quasi convexity; Utility theory; Von Neumann

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342329571     PISSN: 03150860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hm.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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