Theoryguru: A Mathematic Package to Apply Quantifier Elimination Technology to Economics
10 Pages Posted: 10 May 2018
Date Written: May 10, 2018
Abstract
We consider the use of Quantifier Elimination (QE) technology for automated reasoning in economics. There is a great body of work considering QE applications in science and engineering but we demonstrate here that it also has use in the social sciences. We explain how many suggested theorems in economics could either be proven, or even have their hypotheses shown to be inconsistent automatically via QE. However, economists who this technology could benet are usually unfamiliar with QE, and the use of mathematical software generally. This motivated the development of a Mathematica Package TheoryGuru, whose purpose is to lower the costs of applying QE to economics. We describe the package's functionality and give examples of its use.
Keywords: Quantifier Elimination, Economics Reasoning
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