Exterior Calculus: Economic Profit Dynamics

Troy L. Story
2012 Zenodo  
A mathematical model for the Dynamics of Economic Profit is constructed by proposing a characteristic differential oneform for this dynamics (analogous to the action in Hamiltonian dynamics). After processing this form with exterior calculus, a pair of characteristic differential equations is generated and solved for the rate of change of profit P as a function of revenue R (t) and cost C (t). By contracting the characteristic differential one-form with a vortex vector, the Lagrangian is obtained for the Dynamics of Economic Profit.
doi:10.5281/zenodo.1328780 fatcat:jf6twesytjddzeo76qp4f7of4e