Maths for Economics / by Geoff Renshaw

Includes Glossary and Index.

Foundations Arithmetic. Algebra. Linear equation. Quadratic Equation. Some further equations and techniques Optimization with one independent variable Derivatives and differentiation. Derivatives in action Economic applications of functions and derivatives Elasticity. Mathematics of finance and growth Compound Growth and present discounted value. The Exponential function and Logaritm. Continuous growth and natural exponential function. Derivatives of exponential and logarithm functions and their applications Functions of two or more independent variables. Maximum and minimum values, the total differential, and applications. Constrained maximum and minimum values Returns to scale and homogeneous functions, partial elasticities, growth accounting, logarithmic scales Integration. Matrix Algebra. Difference and differential equations. Extensions and future Directions (on The Online Resource Centre).