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Main Author: Renshaw, Geoffrey (Author)
Other Authors: Ireland, Norman J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford New York Oxford University Press, c2012.
Edition:Third edition
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Table of Contents:
  • Part One : Foundations. Arithmetic
  • Algebra
  • Linear equations
  • Quadratic equations
  • Some further equations and techniques
  • Part Two : Optimization with one independent variable. Derivatives and differentiation
  • Derivatives in action
  • Economic applications of functions and derivatives
  • Elasticity
  • Part Three : Mathematics of finance and growth. Compound growth and present discounted value
  • The exponential function and logarithms
  • Continuous growth and the natural exponential function
  • Derivatives of exponential and logarithmic functions and their applications
  • Part Four : Optimization with two or more independent variables. 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
  • Part Five : Some further topics. Integration
  • Matrix algebra
  • Difference and differential equations
  • Extensions and future directions (on the Online Resource Centre).