B2196 - REFRESH COURSE IN MATHEMATICS

Academic Year 2023/2024

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Applied Economics and Markets (cod. 5969)

Learning outcomes

The goal of the course is to provide students with basic mathematical tools preparatory to the modulus Mathematics for Economics of the course Quantitative Methods.

Course contents

- basics of integration theory

- complex numbers

- basics of linear algebra: vector spaces, linear applications and matrices, eigenvalues and eigenvectors

-basics of ordinary differential equations and difference equations

Readings/Bibliography

Any standard textbook covering the topics of the refresh course.

A possible choice is:

Angelo Guerraggio - Sandro Salsa, Metodi Matematici per l'economia e le scienze sociali, G. Giappichelli Editore - Torino;

R.A. ADAMS, C. ESSEX. Calculus, a complete course, 9th Edition, Pearson, 2018;

K. SYDSÆTER, P. HAMMOND, A. STRØM, A. CARVAJAL. Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis, 5th Edition. Pearson, 2016.

Teaching methods

On-line lectures.

Teaching tools

Slides, Virtuale's web page

Office hours

See the website of Lorenzo Cerboni-Baiardi