Article
Integrability, Gorman Systems, and the Lie Bracket Structure of the Real Line
Mathematics and Computer Science
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-1998
Publisher
Elsevier B.V.
Disciplines
- Economics and
- Mathematics
Abstract
The purpose of the paper is to investigate the relationship between Lie's characterization of the infinitesimal groups on the real line and the integrability conditions for Gorman demand systems for which the rank of the price matrix is not full. The central result of the paper is a geometric characterization of the integrability conditions for Gorman systems (due to Bryant) from which the restrictions on income terms and price matrices easily follow.
Citation Information
Farris, Frank A. with Thomas Russell. “Integrability, Gorman Systems, and the Lie Bracket Structure of the Real Line.” Includes an appendix by Robert Bryant. Journal of Mathematical Economics 29 (1998): 183–209.