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Was linear programming established before Kantorovich's contribution?

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No, linear programming was not established before Kantorovich's contribution. In fact, Kantorovich was the first person to formulate and solve the linear programming problem in a rigorous way. His work on linear programming was published in 1939, and it was a major breakthrough in the field of operations research.
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