did-you-know? rent-now

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

did-you-know? rent-now

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

We're the #1 textbook rental company. Let us show you why.

9780521559133

Mathematics for Economics and Finance: Methods and Modelling

by
  • ISBN13:

    9780521559133

  • ISBN10:

    0521559138

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1996-07-13
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.

Purchase Benefits

  • Free Shipping Icon Free Shipping On Orders Over $35!
    Your order must be $35 or more to qualify for free economy shipping. Bulk sales, PO's, Marketplace items, eBooks and apparel do not qualify for this offer.
  • eCampus.com Logo Get Rewarded for Ordering Your Textbooks! Enroll Now
  • Write a Review Icon Write a Review
List Price: $61.99 Save up to $18.60
  • Rent Book $43.39
    Add to Cart Free Shipping Icon Free Shipping

    TERM
    PRICE
    DUE
    SPECIAL ORDER: 1-2 WEEKS
    *This item is part of an exclusive publisher rental program and requires an additional convenience fee. This fee will be reflected in the shopping cart.

Supplemental Materials

What is included with this book?

Summary

Without expecting any particular background of the reader, this book covers graphs and relations, sequences and limits, partial derivatives, optimization, vectors, and matrix algebra. Throughout, the stress is firmly on how the mathematics relates to economics, and this is illustrated with copious examples and exercises that will foster depth of understanding.

Table of Contents

1. Mathematical models in economics
2. Mathematical terms and notations
3. Sequences, recurrences and limits
4. Elements of finance
5. The cobweb model
6. Introduction to calculus
7. Some special functions
8. Introduction to optimisation
9. The derivative in economics I
10. The derivative in economics II
11. Partial derivatives
12. Applications of partial derivatives
13. Optimisation in two variables
14. Vectors, preferences and convexity
15. Matrix algebra
16. Linear equations I
17. Linear equations II
18. Inverse matrices
19. The input output model
20. Determinants
21. Constrained optimisation
22. Lagrangians and the consumer
23. Second-order recurrence equations
24. Macroeconomic applications
25. Areas and integrals
26. Techniques of integration
27. First-order differential equations
28. Second-order differential equations
Selected solutions.

Supplemental Materials

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

Rewards Program