MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS FOR ECONOMISTS

This standard textbook applies the immense field of mathematics to economics - from the first chapter dealing with fundamental notions to numbers and variables to the last on the calculus of the variations. Its aim is to make the Economics student familiar with the data, the argument and current investigation.

About the Author
R G D Allen - Former Professor of Statistics, London School of Economics.

Table of Contents
Numbers and Variables • Functions and their Diagrammatic Representation • Elementary Analytical Geometry • Limits and Continuity of Functions • Functions and Diagrams in Economic Theory • Derivatives and their Interpretation • The Technique of Derivation • Applications of Derivatives • Exponential and Logarithmic Functions • Logarithmic Derivation • Functions of Two or More Variables • Partial Derivatives and their Applications • Differentials and Differentiation • Problems of Maximum and Minimum Values • Integrals of Functions of One Variable • Differential Equations • Expansions, Taylor’s Series and Higher Order Differentials • Determinants, Linear Equations and Quadratic Forms • Further Problems of Maximum and Minimum Values • Some Problems in the Calculus of Variations • Index