Talk:Frank Ramsey (mathematician)

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 * Ramsey's contributions extended to the field of set theory and logic where he showed that the removing the axiom of reducibility from a proposed set of axioms for set theory.

--Dante Alighieri 05:56 27 Jun 2003 (UTC)

I worry that this page is illegally reliant on http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/bitstream/1810/3484/1/Ramsey.html which reproduces a copyrighted article on Ramsey from Philosophy 70 (1995): 243-262. Tcassedy 21:24, 21 May 2005 (UTC)


 * Why do you worry that, specifically? Pcb21| Pete 14:38, 22 May 2005 (UTC)


 * Obviously, because some of the language is identical. Tcassedy 05:27, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * some of the quotations are identical (from Ramsay's brother, and from I A Richards) - maybe this article should be cited as a source for those quotations. But as far as I can see, the technical discussion isn't reliant on that article. BdC 21:57, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Is there any reference for Ramsey et al arranging for financing for Wittgenstein? He was reputedly one of the wealthiest men in Europe, although was said to give his share of the Wittgenstein fortune to his siblings. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.26.5.175 (talk) 00:55, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

Ramsey Growth model
In economics Ramsey is known as much for the Ramsey Growth model as he is for Ramsey pricing. I can't find a Wiki entry for Ramsey growth model. I'll try to expand this soon.radek 06:53, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

optimal accumulation theory
'The Ramsey model is today acknowledged as the starting point for optimal accumulation theory although its importance was not recognized until many years after its first publication.' If you click on Optimal Accumulation Theory, you are led to Turnpike Theory, where Ramsey's name is not mentioned. Pamour (talk) 14:36, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

A contribution to the theory of taxation
I've read this paper and it doesn't mention monopolists. In fact it is much more general and describes optimal taxation whether the supply is monopolistic or not. Ramsey actually said that taxation should be proportional to the sum of the reciprocals of the elasticities of supply and demand, not just to elasticity of demand. The only role for a monopolist is to set the markup. So it refers to an organisation like a government or like a supermarket in a monopoly/monopsony position buying from multiple suppliers and selling to multiple consumers. This needs to be referenced and changed. -- Derek Ross &#124; Talk'' 00:16, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

Assessment comment
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Referring to Ramsey as (mathematician)
While Frank Ramsey was certainly a mathematician, he made contributions in many fields; perhaps the parenthetical should be removed, and the name of the article changed to "Frank Plumpton Ramsey" to disambiguate between Ramsey and the basketball player? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Closed Limelike Curves (talk • contribs) 02:17, 10 October 2020 (UTC)