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== Reference Materials ==
== Reference Materials ==


==== Papers ====
=== Papers ===


* [https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/eb74/898337415912a12d5b6642e5c2e6950f637c.pdf The Index Number Problem:  A Differential Geometric Approach] by Pia Malaney.
* [https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/eb74/898337415912a12d5b6642e5c2e6950f637c.pdf The Index Number Problem:  A Differential Geometric Approach] by Pia Malaney.
* [https://arxiv.org/abs/0902.4274 Time and symmetry in models of economic markets] by Lee Smolin.
* [https://arxiv.org/abs/0902.4274 Time and symmetry in models of economic markets] by Lee Smolin.


==== Books ====
=== Books ===


* [[The Physics of Wall Street]] by James Weatherall.
* [[The Physics of Wall Street]] by James Weatherall.


==== Lectures ====
=== Lectures ===
Lectures, presentations, and panels by Pia Malaney and Eric Weinstein on the topic.
Lectures, presentations, and panels by Pia Malaney and Eric Weinstein on the topic.


* '''[https://youtu.be/4_brHQRMu9k Stanford University: Systems Architecture, Kabuki Capitalism, and the Economic Manhattan Project (YouTube)]'''
*[[Towards a Mathematics of New Economic Thinking for Reflexive Markets (Fields Institute Content)|Towards a Mathematics of New Economic Thinking for Reflexive Markets: A Natural Economic Connection on Preference Bundles over the Taste-Time Continuum]]
*'''[https://youtu.be/h5gnATQMtPg Gauge Theory and Inflation: Enlarging the Wu-Yang Dictionary (YouTube)]'''
*[[Systems Architecture, Kabuki Capitalism, and the Economic Manhattan Project (YouTube Content)|Systems Architecture, Kabuki Capitalism, and the Economic Manhattan Project]]
*'''[http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/video-archive/static/2013/11/221-2429/mergedvideo.ogv Towards a Mathematics of New Economic Thinking for Reflexive Markets: A Natural Economic Connection on Preference Bundles over the Taste-Time Continuum (The Fields Institute)]'''
*[[A Science Less Dismal: Welcome to the Economic Manhattan Project (YouTube Content)|A Science Less Dismal: Welcome to the Economic Manhattan Project]]
*[http://pirsa.org/09050047 A Science Less Dismal: Welcome to the Economic Manhattan Project]
*[[Sheldon Glashow Owes me a Dollar and 17 years of interest (YouTube Content)|Sheldon Glashow Owes me a Dollar (and 17 years of interest)]]
**'''[http://pirsa.org/displayFlash.php?id=09050047 Video]'''
*[[Gauge Theory and Inflation: Enlarging the Wu-Yang Dictionary (YouTube Content)|Gauge Theory and Inflation: Enlarging the Wu-Yang Dictionary]]


==== Interviews ====
=== Interviews ===
 
* [[Economic Thinking In A Fallible World (YouTube Content)|Economic Thinking In A Fallible World]]
* [[What Math and Physics Can Do for New Economic Thinking (YouTube Content)|What Math and Physics Can Do for New Economic Thinking]]
 
=== Other Sources ===
*[https://www.quora.com/How-does-gauge-theory-apply-to-economic-models-and-indices Eric talking about this on Quora]
*[https://www.quora.com/How-does-gauge-theory-apply-to-economic-models-and-indices Eric talking about this on Quora]



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A gauge theory of economics is the application of differential geometric methods to economic problems.

Example

Gauge theory is all you need to break out of the economics flatland. The following is an equation that Eric Weinstein talked about. We are going to break it down together and picture the meaning of each part in a geometrical and intuitive way. The results of this work will be interesting for the present economics community.

<math>q = \frac{ {p_0}\cdot{q} }{ {p_0}\cdot{q_0} } q_0 + (q - \frac{ {p_0}\cdot{q} }{ {p_0}\cdot{q_0} } q_0)</math>

where we label the first term as Reference Basket and the second one as Barter.

Suppose that we live in a world where there are only 3 different types of items for sale: apples, berries and cherries (A, B and C respectively.) Say today we pick up our basket and go to the market. At the market, the price of each item is posted up as a number on the wall where we can see. So, we represent the prices by a $${1}\times{3}$$ row vector $$p$$. On the other hand, we buy different quantities of each item and so a $${3}\times{1}$$ column vector $$q$$ denotes the list of 3 quantities for items A, B and C.

The next day, we go back to the market and now we are interested in measuring price changes.

Reference Materials

Papers

Books

Lectures

Lectures, presentations, and panels by Pia Malaney and Eric Weinstein on the topic.

Interviews

Other Sources