When do Optima Converge to Optimum?
Author(s) -
Marta Kornafel
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
argumenta oeconomica cracoviensia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2545-3866
pISSN - 1642-168X
DOI - 10.15678/aoc.2018.1902
Subject(s) - convergence (economics) , limiting , mathematical optimization , per capita , mathematics , local optimum , mathematical economics , approximation error , rate of convergence , computer science , economics , population , mechanical engineering , demography , sociology , engineering , economic growth , channel (broadcasting) , computer network
In this paper we consider the problem of the convergence of optima in approximated problems to the optimum of limiting problem. We recall the concept of Г-convergence, which is crucial in optimisation problems. We show its importance and provide a list of theorems describing its properties. Using described tools we derive the conditions under which an approximation of the parameters of the Ramsey model with vanishing absolute error of approximation gives the explicite formula for the time-varying consumption per capita, which leads to “almost”-maximisation of the CRRA utility functional.
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