Mathematics for Economics

Giovanna BIMONTE Mathematics for Economics

0212400006
DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE ECONOMICHE E STATISTICHE
ECONOMICS
2014/2015



OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2014
PRIMO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1060LESSONS


Objectives
Knowledge and understanding:
The students will be able to know the fundamental notions of linear algebra and the differential and integral calculus as well as the basic elements of the optimization.
Applying knowledge and understanding:
The students will be able to use the mathematical tools indispensable for the understanding of the economic-quantitative themes dealt in the other disciplines.
Making judgements:
The students will be able to be able to develop analytical and critical ability with regard to the tools and to the developed rules.
Communication skills:
The students will be able to be able to enunciate and to demonstrate theorems and to hold up, in clear and effective way, an oral discussion with opportune references to the contents of the course.
Learning skills:
The students, on the base of the acquired techniques, will have to be able to face problems of economic-financial nature and to deepen their competences through the consultation of publications and informations available from database or online.
Prerequisites
4.SET THEORETICAL NOTIONS. OPERATIONS ON SETS: INCLUSION, UNION, INTERSECTION, MUTUAL DIFFERENCE. COMPLEMENTARY SET.
LOGICAL QUANTIFIERS: IMPLICATION, AXIOM, THEOREM, HYPOTHESIS, THESIS, PROOF.
REAL NUMBERS. AXIOMS OF AN ORDERED FIELD ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS IN A FIELD INEQUALITIES IN AN ORDERED FIELD. ABSOLUTE VALUES NATURAL NUMBERS. INDUCTION. INTEGERS AND RATIONALS. BOUNDED SETS IN AN ORDERED FIELD. ROOTS. IRRATIONAL NUMBERS
EUCLIDEAN SPACE R^2. PROBLEMS ON VECTORS IN R^2. DISTANCES. LINES AND LINE SEGMENTS.
CIRCUMFERENCE AND PARABOLA EQUATION. THE GENERAL EQUATION OF A LINE.

FUNCTION: BASIC DEFINITIONS. LINEAR, POWER, ABSOLUTE VALUE AND POLYNOMIAL FUNCTIONS. INCREASING AND DECREASING FUNCTIONS.

POLYNOMIAL CALCULUS: SUM OF POLYNOMIALS, PRODUCT OF POLYNOMIALS AND COMPOSITION. POLYNOMIAL DIVISION. FACTORING POLYNOMIALS AND RUFFINI’S RULE. EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES.
Contents
INTRODUCTORY ELEMENTARY NOTIONS. ELEMENTS OF SETS THEORY. ELEMENTS OF COMBINATORIAL ANALYSIS. NUMERICAL SETS. REAL FUNCTIONS OF REAL VARIABLE. LIMITS AND CONTINUITY OF REAL FUNCTIONS. SUCCESSIONS AND NUMERICAL SERIES. ELEMENTS OF LINEAR ALGEBRA. EIGENVALUE AND EIGENVECTOR. ELEMENTS OF DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS. ELEMENTS OF INTEGRATION THEORY. FUNCTIONS OF MORE VARIABLES. APPLICATIONS OF THE ANALYSIS TO THE ECONOMY. ELEMENTS OF FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS
Teaching Methods
LESSONS, WORKING TEAMS, EXERCISES,DISCUSSIONS IN CLASSROOM, INTERACTION WITH TEACHING BY EMAIL
Verification of learning
EXERCISES,WRITTEN TESTS, ORAL TEST.
Texts
SIMON C. E L. BLUME - MATEMATICA GENERALE - ED. EGEA (2007).
CAMBINI A. E L. MARTEIN - PREREQUISITI DI MATEMATICA GENERALE (2013)
BREGA F. E G. MESSINEO ESERCIZI DI MATEMATICA GENERALE (5 VOLUMES)

SUGGESTED READINGS
TEACHING MATERIAL PROVIDED BY PROFESSOR
More Information
THE PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE ONLINE:
HTTP://WWW.UNISA.IT/DOCENTI/GIOVANNABIMONTE/DIDATTICA
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