Talk:Elasticity of a function

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What is going on here? This is essentially the economics use. Elasticity in mathematics generally means the mathematical theory of elasticity.Billlion 05:51, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merger proposal

Billlion is right that the most common use of elasticity in mathematics is the one from mechanics, not the one from economics. Besides, this article contains very little that isn't already said in that one, nor would that little extra be particularly out of place in its proposed new home.—PaulTanenbaum (talk) 05:59, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

They should remain separate, although they are both similar mathematically, people who search for price elasticity do not wish to see all the complex math. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.111.39.45 (talk) 21:16, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Should be merge, no point in having an extra link to a essential related information. 60.51.48.205 (talk) 17:36, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

They should remain separate as although they contain similar information they are still separate topics. Those searching for economics related elasticity information do not require the detailed maths.

I would keep them seperate for ease of use. It is obvious they are related, but for quick reference it would be benificial to maintain the seperation.

They contain some of the same information, but they are still different, I would keep the separated, as users would typically search for either of the topics they each need information on.

I don't think there should be a merge. A google search for mathematical elasticity turns up some interesting stuff. Certainly there is pure math behind the elasticity concepts used in economics and physics, although I'm not familiar with it -- and it is likely more similar to the physics stuff than the economics. ImpIn | (t - c) 02:22, 10 June 2008 (UTC)