Econ 5233 Math for Economic Analysis
Summer 2009
Contact Information
Office Location: 425 WCOB
Phone: 575-6226
email:
cdeck@walton.uark.edu
Course Information
Course Syllabus
Course
Description -
This course is designed to provide students with the basic
(though not exhaustive) set of
mathematical tools necessary to study economics
at the graduate level.
Readings
Mathematical Tools for Economics
by Turkington (textbook)
Additional Reference – Mathematics for Economists by Simon and Blume
Additional Reference – Mathematical Economics 2nd ed. by Baldani, Bradfield, and Turner
Additional Reference –
Mathematical
Methods for Economic Theory: a tutorial
by Osborne (http://www.economics.utoronto.ca/osborne/MathTutorial/)
Additional Reference – Linear Algebra Toolkit by
Bogacki
(http://www.math.odu.edu/~bogacki/lat/)
Class Schedule
|
Room (WJWH) |
Day |
Class 1 |
Class 2 |
Class 3 |
| 403 |
M (8/3) |
Matrix Algebra (Ch 1) |
Matrix Algebra (Ch 1) |
Problems |
| 403 |
T (8/4) |
Linear Systems of Equations (Ch 2) |
Linear Economic Models (Ch 3) |
Problems |
| 403 |
R (8/5) |
Eigenvalues (Ch 4) |
Definiteness (Ch 4) |
Problems |
| 403 |
F (8/6) |
Univariate Calculus |
Multivariate Calculus (Ch 5) |
Problems |
| 427 |
M (8/10) |
Multivariate Calculus (Ch 5) |
Integration (Ch 8) |
Problems |
| 427 |
T (8/11) |
Integration (Ch 8) |
Probability and Statistics |
Problems |
| 303 |
R (8/13) |
|||
| 403 |
F (8/14) |
Unconstrained Optimization (Ch 6) |
Equality Constrained Optimization (Ch 6) |
Problems |
| 403 |
M (8/17) |
Inequality Constrained Optimization (Ch 6) |
Inequality Constrained Optimization (Ch 6) |
Problems |
| 403 |
T (8/18) |
Comparative Statics (Ch 7) |
Comparative Statics (Ch 7) |
Problems |
| 403 |
W (8/19) |
Difference Equations (Ch 10) |
Discrete Time Models (Ch 10) |
Problems |
| 403 |
F (8/21) |
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Other Items
Here are the exams for the 2008 class, which used the same textbook: 08-X1, 08-X2, 08-X3,
Here are the exams from the 2007 class, which used a different book and had a different ordering of the topics: 07-X1, 07-X2, 07-X3, and 07-X4.