数学应用于经济学的历史几乎可以说与经济学本身的历史一样悠久。例如,被马克思称为资本主义古典政治经济学创始人的威廉·配第和重农学派的代表人物弗朗斯瓦·魁奈都曾把数学作为经济分析的重要手段。他们的代表著作《政治算术》和《经济表》的书名就可以使人联想到“数学”。 The history of mathematics applied to economics can be said almost as long as the history of economics itself. For example, William Fitti, known as the founder of the classic political economy of capitalism by Marx, and Frances Quénet, a representative of the agri-cultural school, all regarded mathematics as an important means of economic analysis. Their book titles, “Political Arithmetic” and “Economic Table,” are reminiscent of “math.”