Description
PEARSON INDIA Essential Mathematics For Economic Analysis 5Th Edition by Knut Sydsaeter and PETER HAMMOND and ARNE STROM and ANDRES CARVAJAL
This text provides an invaluable introduction to the mathematical tools that undergraduate economists need. The coverage is comprehensive, ranging from elementary algebra to more advanced material, whilst focusing on all the core topics that are usually taught in undergraduate courses on mathematics for economists
Table of Content:
Ch01: Essentials of Logic and Set Theory
Ch02: Algebra
Ch03: Solving Equations
Ch04: Functions of One Variable
Ch05: Properties of Functions
Ch06: Differentiation
Ch07: Derivatives in Use
Ch08: Single-Variable Optimization
Ch09: Integration
Ch10: Topics in Financial Mathematics
Ch11: Functions of Many Variables
Ch12: Tools for Comparative Statics
Ch13: Multivariable Optimization
Ch14: Constrained Optimization
Ch15: Matrix and Vector Algebra
Ch16: Determinants and Inverse Matrices
Ch17: Linear Programming"
Salient Features:
The introductory chapters have been restructured to more logically fit with teaching.
Several new exercises have been introduced, as well as fuller solutions to existing ones.
More coverage of the history of mathematical and economic ideas has been added, as well as of the scientists who developed them.