Learning objectives
<br />THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE BASIC MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE THAT WILL ENABLE THE STUDENT TO DESCRIBE AND ANALYSE ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS PROBLEMS IN A STRUCTURED WAY AND TO ADEQUATELY USE THE MOST SUITABLE TOOLS OF CALCULUS FOR SOLVING THEM. <br />COMPETENCES THAT CAN BE ACQUIRED <br />AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENT WILL HAVE ACQUIRED THE NECESSARY QUANTITATIVE TOOLS FOR DISCERNING THE STRUCTURE OF A PROBLEM FROM THE CONTEXT, FOR THE PURPOSE OF UNDERSTANDING AND SUCCESSFULLY COMMUNICATING WHAT IS NEEDED FOR TAKING THE MOST SUITABLE ECONOMIC DECISIONS IN A SUFFICIENTLY INFORMED WAY. IN PARTICULAR, THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO READ A GRAPH, INTERPRET A TABLE, CORRECTLY DECIPHER QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION TAKEN FROM THE INTERNET, AND ALSO CONSTRUCT A USEFUL MATHEMATICAL MODEL (AT LEAST IN THE SIMPLEST CASES) FOR SOLVING MICRO AND MACRO-ECONOMIC PROBLEMS.
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
<br /><br />- LINEAR FUNCTIONS AND MODELS.<br />- SYSTEMS OF LINEAR EQUATIONS AND MATRICES. MATRIX ALGEBRA AND APPLICATIONS. <br />- NON-LINEAR MODELS. <br />- THE DERIVATIVE. TECHNIQUES OF DIFFERENTIATION. APPLICATIONS OF THE DERIVATIVE. <br />- THE INTEGRAL. TECHNIQUES OF CALCULUS AND APPLICATIONS. <br />- FUNCTIONS IN SEVERAL VARIABLES. <br />AT THE END OF THE LECTURES, THE DETAILED COURSE PROGRAMME WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON INTERNET.
Full programme
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Bibliography
<br />S. WANER, S.R. COSTENOBLE, STRUMENTI QUANTITATIVI PER LA GESTIONE AZIENDALE, VOL. 1 E 2, APOGEO, MILANO, 2002. <br />FOR SOME IN-DEPTH STUDY, THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS RECOMMENDED: C. SCARAVELLI, ESTRATTO DA ?APPUNTI DI MATEMATICA GENERALE CON ALCUNI ELEMENTI DI MATEMATICA PER L?ECONOMIA?, LIBRERIA SANTA CROCE, PARMA, 2002.
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