QUANTITATIVE APPLICATIONS IN ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS

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The study and application of modern quantitative techniques to problem-solving in economics and business. It is designed to help the student to translate verbal arguments in economics and business into their mathematical equivalents, to improve analytical skills, and to attain proficiency in marginal analysis, equilibrium analysis, static optimization, and comparative statics analysis. It covers topics such as exponential and logarithmic functions and their applications, linear algebra and its applications, derivatives and their applications, maximization of functions with one variable and multi variables, maximization with non negativity constraints, and integral calculus and its applications in economics and business. (Cross-listed with ECON 8306 ).