LINEAR ALGEBRA AND CALCULUS FOR BUSINESS

AND ECONOMICS COURSE SYLLABUS

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Tong Thanh Trung
Email: tongthanhtrung@yahoo.com
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The course will introduce mathematical concets and their alications on
economics and !usiness. "e emhasi#e on two arts: $inear alge!ra and
Calculus% which are widely used in almost all !ranches o& sciences%
including !usiness and economics. In the &irst art% students will get &amiliar
with some !asic concets a!out matrices% determinant% system o& linear
e'uations and learn how to use matrices to sol(e economic ro!lems. The
second art &ocuses on deri(ati(es and integration. The course is alication)
oriented* students will learn the use o& mathematics through its alications.
PREREQUISITES
None
TO+ICS TO ,E CO-ERED
.atri/ alge!ra
.atri/ alge!ra and linear models 0 alications in economics and
!usiness
Di&&erentiation
Di&&erentiation and alications in economics and !usiness
E/onential and logarithmic &unctions
Integration
Integration and alication
1unction o& se(eral (aria!les
TEXTBOOK
Re'uired: Calculus and its alications% ninth edition 2.ar(in
$.,ittinger and Dacid 3.Ellen!ogen4. 5667
8dditional: .ethods o& mathematical Economics 2Chiang% 8.C4. 9:7;
8dditional: .athematics &or economics% second edition 2.ichael
<oy% 3ohn $i(ernois% Chris .c=enna% Ray Rees% Thanasis Stengos4.
5669
EVALUATION
The &inal grade will !e !ased one midterm e/ams 2>6?4% attendance 296?4
and a &inal e/am 2@6?4.
ATTENDENCE POLICY:
The arts o& the course are (ery well related to each other. It is a
re'uirement that a student need to attend at least 99A9; classes to ha(e the
right to taBe the &inal e/am.
PLANS TEACHING
Chapter 1 L!"ear A#$e%ra
Session 9. .atrices
Session 5. Determinants and the in(erse matri/
Session >. Systems o& linear e'uations
Session C. $inear models alications in economics and !usiness.
Chapter & F'"(t!)"* )+ )"e ,ar!a%#e
Session ;. De&&erentiation
Session @. 8lications o& de&erentiations in economics and !usiness.
Session D. E/onetial and logarithmic &unctions
Chapter - I"te$rat!)" a". It/* app#!(at!)"*
Session 7. 8ntideri(ati(e and integrals
Session :. 8rea and de&inite integrals
Session 96. 8lications o& integrations
Session 99. .idterm e/ams and 8nswered e/ercise
Chapter 0 F'"(t!)"* )+ *e,era# ,ar!a%#e*
Session 95. 1unctions o& se(eral (aria!les and artial deri(ati(es
Session 9>. .a/imum).inimum ro!lems
Session 9C. Constrained .a/imum and minimum (alues: $agrange
.ultilers
Session 9;. Re(ised