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Mathematik für Wirtschaftswissenschaftler: Basiswissen mit Praxisbezug
Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis has established itself as the number one choice for academics in Europe when searching for a rigorous, logical treatment of Mathematical analysis for Economists.
Table Of Contents
Preface
1. Introductory topics I: algebra
2. Introductory topics II: equations
3. Introductory topics III: miscellaneous
4. Functions of one variable
5. Properties of functions
6. Differentiation
7. Derivatives in use
8. Single-variable optimization
9. Integration
10. Interest rates and present values
11. Functions of many variables
12. Tools for comparative statics
13. Multivariable optimization
14. Constrained optimization
15. Matrix and vector algebra
16. Determinants and inverse matrices
17. Linear programming
Appendix: geometry, the greek alphabet, answers odd-numbered problems
Index
928 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2002
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About the author
Knut Sydsæter
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Knut Sydsæter, Atle Seierstad, and Arne Strøm all have extensive experience in teaching mathematics for economists in the Department of Economics at the University of Oslo. With Peter Berck at Berkeley, Knut Sydsæter and Arne Strøm have written a widely used formula book, Economists’ Mathematical Manual (Springer, 2005). The 1987 North-Holland book Optimal Control Theory for Economists by Atle Seierstad and Knut Sydsæter is still a standard reference in the field.
Visit www.pearsoned.co.uk/sydsaeter to access the supplementary resources for this text including a new Student’s Manual with extended answers broken down step by step to selected problems in the text.
Knut Sydsæter, Atle Seierstad, and Arne Strøm all have extensive experience in teaching mathematics for economists in the Department of Economics at the University of Oslo. With Peter Berck at Berkeley, Knut Sydsæter and Arne Strøm have written a widely used formula book, Economists’ Mathematical Manual (Springer, 2005). The 1987 North-Holland book Optimal Control Theory for Economists by Atle Seierstad and Knut Sydsæter is still a standard reference in the field.
Visit www.pearsoned.co.uk/sydsaeter to access the supplementary resources for this text including a new Student’s Manual with extended answers broken down step by step to selected problems in the text.
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July 5, 2012
This is an excellent undergraduate calculus textbook for non maths students, which manages to be rigorous while mantaining and engaging style. It assumes very little in terms of pre-requisites, and indeed the first five chapters allow students to catch up on pre-calculus material (including factoring of polynomials, equations and inequalities and functions).
It is packed with exercises, with solutions available either at the end of the book or in the student's manual, and there is also a companion website to keep you entartained with multiple choice questions divided by chapter (you will get immediate feedback for them - however these should be meant as a quick check of your comprehension, as nothing substitutes sweating through the exercises in the textbook).
If you are an instructor, there are plenty more thoughtful exercises in the instructor's manual. In terms of coverage, it is almost perfect for students in economics, as it covers static optimisation (unconstrained, constrained with both equality and inequality constraints), a bit of linear algebra and linear programming. No dynamic optimization here, as for that you will need Further Mathematics for Economic Analysis.
Be warned however: this is not a mathematical economics textbook, but a text of the maths needed for economics and the social sciences. So there are a number of economic applications (e.g. cost functions and profit functions are used in exercises, and you are shown the connection between logarithmic derivatives and elasticity), but this in not a "baby" version of e.g. Foundations of Mathematical Economics.
It is packed with exercises, with solutions available either at the end of the book or in the student's manual, and there is also a companion website to keep you entartained with multiple choice questions divided by chapter (you will get immediate feedback for them - however these should be meant as a quick check of your comprehension, as nothing substitutes sweating through the exercises in the textbook).
If you are an instructor, there are plenty more thoughtful exercises in the instructor's manual. In terms of coverage, it is almost perfect for students in economics, as it covers static optimisation (unconstrained, constrained with both equality and inequality constraints), a bit of linear algebra and linear programming. No dynamic optimization here, as for that you will need Further Mathematics for Economic Analysis.
Be warned however: this is not a mathematical economics textbook, but a text of the maths needed for economics and the social sciences. So there are a number of economic applications (e.g. cost functions and profit functions are used in exercises, and you are shown the connection between logarithmic derivatives and elasticity), but this in not a "baby" version of e.g. Foundations of Mathematical Economics.
April 2, 2022
Very useful resource for a basic Math for Econs module. Explains concepts not elaborated on in class well.
December 31, 2024
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Reaffirms my hunch that econs textbooks are the best place to learn applied math save vector calculus where physics textbook maintain comparative advantage
Reaffirms my hunch that econs textbooks are the best place to learn applied math save vector calculus where physics textbook maintain comparative advantage
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