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Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis
Acquire the key mathematical skills you need to master and succeed in Economics. Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis, 6th edition by Sydsaeter, Hammond, Strøm, and Carvajal is a global best-selling text providing an extensive introduction to all the mathematical resources you need to study economics at an intermediate level.
This book has been applauded for covering a broad range of mathematical knowledge, techniques, and tools, progressing from elementary calculus to more advanced topics.
With a plethora of practice examples, questions, and solutions integrated throughout, this latest edition provides you a wealth of opportunities to apply them in specific economic situations, helping you develop key mathematical skills as your course progresses.
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This book has been applauded for covering a broad range of mathematical knowledge, techniques, and tools, progressing from elementary calculus to more advanced topics.
With a plethora of practice examples, questions, and solutions integrated throughout, this latest edition provides you a wealth of opportunities to apply them in specific economic situations, helping you develop key mathematical skills as your course progresses.
Key
Numerous exercisesand worked examples throughout each chapter allow you to practice skills and improve techniques. Review exercisesat the end of each chapter test your understanding of a topic, allowing you to progress with confidence. Solutionsto exercises are provided in the book and online, showing you the steps needed to arrive at the correct answer. Pair this text with MyLab® Math
MyLab® is the teaching and learning platform that empowers you to reach every student. By combining trusted author content with digital tools and a flexible platform, MyMathLab personalises the learning experience and improves results for each student.
If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyMathLab, search
9781292359342 Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis, 6th edition with MyMathLab
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9781292359281 Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis, 6th edition 9781292359311 Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis, 6th edition MyMathLab 9781292359335 Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis, 6th edition Pearson eText MyLab® Math is not included. Students, if MyLab is a recommended/mandatory component of the course, please ask your instructor for the correct ISBN. MyLab should only be purchased when required by an instructor. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information.
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First published January 1, 2002
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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.
February 7, 2026
The book itself is well-structured and provides good examples and intuition along with comprehensive answers and resources such as the student manual. I did however find there were questions which were unnecessarily rife with excessive algebra that often the conceptual understanding got lost in the moving parts -- I do however understand this is a skill. Overall, this book is a great undergraduate resource which makes mathematics less intimidating for the student.
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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