Wilhelm Launhardt
German mathematician and economist
About Wilhelm Launhardt
Lived 1832 – 1918 (aged 86). Wilhelm Launhardt was a German mathematician, economist, university teacher, politician, civil engineer and political economist.
Carl Wilhelm Friedrich Launhardt (7 April 1832 – 14 May 1918) was a German mathematician and economist.
Launhardt was born in Hannover, the capital of the Kingdom of Hannover. He studied and taught at Hannover's technical school. Following Hannover's annexation by the Kingdom of Prussia, Launhardt served in the Prussian House of Lords.
In 1885 he succeeded in calculating the optimal rate of duties in the sense of the effects of the terms of trade.
Works
, 1872 "Die Bestimmung des Zweckmässigsten Standortes einer Gewerblichen Anlage", Zeitschrift des Vereines Deutscher Ingenieure, 1882. Translated as "Determining the most convenient location for a commercial plant", the magazine of the Association of German Engineers. Mathematische Begründung der Volkswirtschaftslehre, 1885. Translated as "Mathematical foundation of economics". Theory of Network Planning, 1888.
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German mathematician and economist (1832-1918)
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Wilhelm Launhardt was born on 7 April 1832 in Hanover.
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Wilhelm Launhardt died on 14 May 1918 in Hanover.
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Wilhelm Launhardt was a mathematician, economist, university teacher, politician, civil engineer and political economist.
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Wilhelm Launhardt was German.
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