Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the life of the famous mathematician Kiyosi It^oo: and discuss his influence on the study of agricultural finance and agricultural economics. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is a qualitative historical review. Findings – The paper provides a biographical stretch of It^oo:’s life. It is shown that his influence started to infiltr…
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the life of the famous mathematician Kiyosi It^oo: and discuss his influence on the study of agricultural finance and agricultural economics. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is a qualitative historical review. Findings – The paper provides a biographical stretch of It^oo: ’s life. It is shown that his influence started to in…