ECON 331: Introduction to   Mathematical   Economics

Kevin's Office Hours: Tuesday 10:30-4:30

Final Covers:

• Jacobians,
• constrained and unconstrained optimization,
• Hessians,
• Bordered Hessians,
• Kuhn-Tucker,
• All Homework.

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Text

• Hoy, et. al., Mathematics for Economics, Addison Wesley

Grading

• Maple Lab 10 percent
• Tutorial 10 percent
• Mid-Term 30 percent
• Final Examination 50 percent

Weekly

Reading Unit Topic and Selected Chapters from Text

1. Economic Models and Equilibrium Analysis
2. Differentiation and Comparative Statics
3. Optimization and Equilibrium
4. Linear Models and Matrix Algebra
5. Linear Models and Matrix Algebra, continued
6. Comparative Statics of General Function Models
7. Comparative Statics, continued
8. Multi variable optimization
9. Multi variable optimization, continued
10. Optimization with Equality Constraints
11. Optimization with Equality Constraints, continued
12. Inequality Constraints: Kuhn Tucker

Weekly Homework Assignments

Homework Set

Tutorials:

1. Review and introduction
2. Homework one due
3. Homework two due

Weekly Maple Labs:

   Note: Maple answers to homework are found on the   Maple Page

• Click on the link to the appropriate assignment.
• Save to a disk
• Start maple and open file from disk.

1. Lab:  Practice Assignment one This reviews material from chapters 1-3
2. Lab:  Practice Assignment two This Assignment reviews functions and demonstrates plots in 2-D and 3-D
3. Lab:
• Practice Assignment three  This assignment introduces the basics of matrix algebra
•  Practice assignment four   This gives you a little more...
4. Lab: Practice Assignment five Solving nonlinear systems of equations

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