- Docente: Davide La Torre
- Credits: 8
- SSD: STAT-04/A
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Management and Economics (cod. 6614)
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from Sep 17, 2026 to Dec 11, 2026
Learning outcomes
The course aims at giving the student a basic knowledge of differential and integral calculus, and linear algebra for the study of economics, financel and statistical analysis. By the end of the course students have the ability to perform basic operations with vectors and matrices, to compute determinants, and to solve linear systems. As far as calculus is concerned, they can apply the methods of differential and integral calculus to plot the graph of functions, to compute the area of plane domains, and to find and classify critical points of functions of two variables.
Course contents
The course provides a basic treatment of linear algebra and of differential and integral calculus for economics, finance, and management. The contents are organized as follows:
2. Determinants
3. Linear systems
4. Functions of one real variable
5. Differential calculus
6. Study and graphing of functions
7. Integral calculus
8. Functions of two variables
9. Optimization
Readings/Bibliography
1. Lecture notes and slides provided by the instructor.
2. K. Sydsaeter, P. Hammond, A. Strom, and A. Carvajal, "Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis," 6th ed., Pearson, 2021.
Teaching methods
Theory, exercises, tutorials.
Assessment methods
Written examination.
Teaching tools
Scientific calculator, generative AI.
Office hours
See the website of Davide La Torre
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.