Mathematical methods for economists /

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Author / Creator:Glaister, Stephen
Edition:3rd ed.
Imprint:Oxford [Oxfordshire] England ; New York, NY, USA : Blackwell, 1984.
Description:xi, 260 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/681927
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ISBN:0631137122 (pbk.) : $12.95
Notes:Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [238]
Table of Contents:
  • Preface to Third Edition
  • Preface to the First Edition
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Vectors and matrices
  • 3. Operations on vectors
  • 4. Operations on matrices
  • 5. Properties of sets of vectors
  • 6. Determinants
  • 7. The matrix inverse
  • 8. Solving systems of equations
  • 9. Eigenvalues and difference equations
  • 10. Quadratic forms
  • 11. Elementary analysis: sets
  • 12. Functions
  • 13. Differentiation and derivatives
  • 14. Taylor's theorem
  • 15. Theory of maximization and minimization
  • 16. Functions of several variables
  • 17. Constrained optimization
  • 18. Comparative statistics
  • 19. Integration and differential equations
  • Bibliography
  • Answers to odd-numbered problems
  • Review problems
  • Index