Who discovered the formula to determine the monthly payment for a mortgage?

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Monthly mortgage payments are calculated by working backwards from the total amount loaned, the length of the loan and the interest rate. This specific procedure was not invented by anyone, but the general type of math needed to perform this calculation was invented by mathematician Johann Heinrich Lambert.
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Social Science Research Network: Optimal Mortgage Refinancing

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