Study-unit MATHEMATICAL METHODS FOR ECONOMICS
Course name | Mathematics |
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Study-unit Code | 55A00079 |
Curriculum | Didattico-generale |
Lecturer | Irene Benedetti |
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CFU | 6 |
Course Regulation | Coorte 2023 |
Supplied | 2024/25 |
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Learning activities | Affine/integrativa |
Area | Attività formative affini o integrative |
Sector | MAT/05 |
Type of study-unit | Opzionale (Optional) |
Type of learning activities | Attività formativa monodisciplinare |
Language of instruction | english |
Contents | The aim of the course is to give the main tools which are useful to understand some elements in microeconomics: demand and consumer theory, marshallian and hicksian demand, Walrasian equilibria. |
Reference texts | A. Mas-Colell, M. D. Whinston, J. R. Green, Microeconomic Theory, Oxford University Press, 1995. |
Educational objectives | At the end of the course the students are supposed to have the knowledge of the main mathematical methods used to study problems in microeconomics. |
Prerequisites | Differential calculus, partial derivative, gradient, optimization in several variables with constraints. |
Teaching methods | The course consists in 42 hours of lessons. The timetable is available at http://www.dmi.unipg.it/MatematicaOrarioLezioni |
Other information | Student office: see the web page: http://www.unipg.it/pagina-personale?n=irene.benedetti |
Learning verification modality | Oral exam. The student should prove to have the knowledge of the main mathematical methods used to study problems in microeconomics. See the web site: http://www.dmi.unipg.it/MatematicaCalendarioEsami |
Extended program | The aim of the course is to give the main tools which are useful to understand some elements in microeconomics: demand and consumer theory, marshallian and hicksian demand, Walrasian equilibria. With this aim the following mathematical subject will be covered: free optimization theory, optimization theory with equality and inequality constraints, homogeneous, homotetic, quais-concave and quasi-convex functions, multivalued analysis theory, classical fixed point theorems. |