52466 - Mathematics for Financial and Economic Applications

Academic Year 2010/2011

  • Docente: Luca Barzanti
  • Credits: 8
  • SSD: SECS-S/06
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Forli
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS (cod. 0904)

Learning outcomes

Basic calculus.

Course contents

1. Functions. Sequences.
2. Limits and continuity.
3. Differential calculus. Taylor expansions. Stationary points. Maxima and minima.
4. Integrals. Indefinite integral. Definite integral.
5. Matrix calculus. Systems of linear algebraic equations. Cramer's formula.

Readings/Bibliography

G.C. Barozzi, C. Corradi, Matematica generale per le scienze economiche, Il Mulino, 1997
G. Giorgi, Elementi di matematica, Giappichelli, 2004
G. Ricci, Matematica generale, McGraw-Hill, 2001
B. Viscolani, Elementi di matematica per economisti, Edizioni Libreria Progetto Padova, 2005

Teaching methods

Classroom lessons.

Assessment methods

Written test.

Teaching tools

Slides in italian available on-line at Moodle.

Office hours

See the website of Luca Barzanti