COURSE OUTLINE MATHEMATICS 2014/2015

Week 1
Lecture 1:

Ch 4: 4.1 4.7: Quick rehearsal. 4.8, 4.9: Power functions, exponential functions.
4.10: Logarithmic functions. Ch 5: 5.2: Products and Quotients and Composite
Functions;5.3: Inverse functions.

Tutorial 1:

Summary Chapter 4 and Chapter 5

4.2: 13*, 14, 15; 4.4: 7*; 4.6: 4; 4.7: 1 5; 4.8: 1, 3, 4, 5; 4.9: 2, 4, 5;
4.10: 1, 2, 3*, 4*, 5, 6, 7; Review problems Chapter 4: 4, 7, 14, 17, 18, 21, 22.
5.2: 3; 5.3: 1, 2*, 3, 5, 9*, 10*,11*.
Problems Tutorial 1
Problems:

Lecture 2:

Ch 6: 6.1 6.8: Limits; Introduction to differential calculus; Increasing and

decreasing functions, rate of change, rules of differentiation.

Tutorial 2:
Problems:
6.2: 1*, 2; 6.3: 1, 2; 6.5: 3, 5*,7; 6.6: 3; 6.7: 2, 3, 4, 7*, 9; 6.8: 3*, 6, 9
Problems Tutorial 2
The course material has been marked grey.
Problems with a * and a selection of the problems for the tutorial (these can be found on blackboard)
will be dealt with during the tutorials. It is important to have a good look at these problems immediately
after the lectures in order to prepare the tutorials in a good way.

Maple Tests 1, 2:

Maple TA
4.8, 4.9: Power functions, exponential functions. 4.10:Logarithmic functions.

Week 2
Lecture 3:

Ch 6: 6.9 6.11: Higher derivatives, convex, concave, derivatives of

exponential and logarithmic functions; logarithmic differentiation.
Ch 7: 7.1: Implicit differentiation. Not: the second derivative. 7.3: Derivative of the
inverse function.

Tutorial 3:

Summary Chapter 6

6.9: 3, 4*, 6; 6.10: 1 5, 7*; 6.11: 1, 2, 3*, 8; Review problems Chapter 6: 15*
7.1: 1 4, 5*, 6, 7a, 9, 10 ( all problems of 7.1 only for the first derivative y').
7.3: 1, 2, 3*, 5;
Problems Tutorial 3
Problems:

Lecture 4:

Tutorial 4:
Problems:

Ch 7: 7.8: Continuity; 7.9: Limits, Asymptotes.

Ch 8: 8.1, 8.2: Introduction, extreme points;
8.4: The Extreme Value Theorem until page 272 The Mean Value Theorem

7.8: 2, 3, 5*; 7.9: 1, 2, 7*;

Review problems Chapter 7: 3, 4a, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 23efgh.
8.1: 1, 2; 8.2: 1, 2, 5*, 6, 7*, 8, 9.

Maple Tests 3, 4:

Maple TA
4.8, 4.9: Power functions, exponential functions. 4.10:Logarithmic functions.
6.1 6.11: Derivatives, higher derivatives.

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Week 3
Lecture 5:

Ch7: 7.4: Linear approximations and differentials until page 219: Rules for differentials;
7.5: Polynomial approximations; 7.7: Elasticities.

Tutorial 5:

Summary Chapter 7

7.4: 1 6, 8; 7.5: 1*, 8; 7.7: 1, 2, 3, 4*;

Review problems Chapter 7: 12*, 13, 14, 20*.
Problems Tutorial 5
Problems:

Lecture 6:

Ch8. 8.5: Further economic examples;

8.6: Local extreme values; 8.7: Inflection points.

Tutorial 6:

Summary Chapter 8

Problems:

8.5: 1, 3, 5; 8.6: 1, 2, 3*, 5, 6; 8.7: 1, 2, 3;

Review problems Chapter 8: 1, 4, 6, 7, 8*, 9*, 11.
Problems Tutorial 6

Maple Tests 5, 6:

Maple TA
6.1 6.11: Derivatives, higher derivatives.
Chapter 2, 4: Solving simple equations

Week 4
Midterm Test Tuesday 23-09-2014 09:00 10:30
Teaching material Mathematics of WEEK 1, 2 and 3.

Week 5
Lecture 7:

Ch9. 9.1: Indefinite Integrals; 9.6 Integration by Substitution ; 9.2 Area and Definite
Integrals; 9.3 Properties of definite integrals; 9.5 Integration by parts.

Tutorial 7:

Summary Indefinite Integrals and Definite Integrals

Problems:

9.1: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5*, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13*; 9.6: 1, 2*, 3, 4*, 6

9.2: 1, 2, 3, 4*, 5, 7, 8;
9.3: 1, 5*;
9.5: 1*
Problems Tutorial 7
Extra Problems about indefinite integrals from previous tests
Additional Problems Integral Calculus 1 43
Lecture 8:

9.4 Economic Applications; Only Consumer and Producer Surplus

9.7 Infinite Intervals of Integration

Tutorial 8:

Summary Chapter 9 and introduction of differential equations of the first order:

Separation of variables

Problems:

9.4: 6, 7*; 9.7: 1*, 2, 7;

Review Problems Chapter 9: 1, 2, 3, 4*, 5, 7, 10
Problems Tutorial 8
Additional Problems Integral Calculus 44 68

Maple Tests 7, 8:

Maple TA
9.1: Indefinite Integrals; 9.6 Integration by Substitution

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Week 6.
Lecture 9:

Ch 11: 11.1 11.3: Functions of two variables, partial derivatives.

11.5: Functions of more variables; 11.6: Partial derivatives with more variables;
11.7: Economic applications; 11.8: Partial elasticities
Ch12: 12.1: A simple chain rule; 12.2: Chain rules for many variables

Tutorial 9:

Summary Chapter 11

Problems:

11.1: 4; 11.2: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5*, 6, 7, 8; 11.5: 1; 11.6: 1, 2, 6; 11.7: 1; 11.8: 1*, 2;

Review problems Chapter 11: 8, 12, 13
12.1: 1, 2*, 3; 12.2: 1, 2*, 3, 4, 8, 9
Problems Tutorial 9
Lecture 10:

Ch12: 12.3: Implicit differentiation, until page 423: A Formula for the Second
Derivative; 12.4: More general cases, until page 425 We find z''xx... ;
12.6: Homogeneous functions and Euler's Theorem, until page 432: We note three
other interesting general properties...;12.7: Only formulas 1, 2 and 3 (about
elasticities); 12.8: Linear approximations; 12.9: Differentials, until page 446:
Rules for Differentials, and then page 447: The differential of a function of n
variables.

Tutorial 10:

Summary Chapter 12

Problems:

12.3: 1, 2, 3*, 4 (only the first derivative y'); 12.4: 1, 2 (only the first derivatives).
12.6: 1, 2, 3*, 4, 6; 12.7: 1*, 2; 12.8: 1, 2, 4, 7*; 12.9: 1*, 2, 3
Review problems Chapter 12: 1, 3, 6 (only the first derivative).
Problems Tutorial 10
Maple TA
Maple Tests 9, 10: Chapter 9: Definite Integrals, Producer Surplus, Consumer Surplus
11.5, 11.6.: Partial derivatives of the first and second order.

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Week 7
Lecture 11:

Ch13. 13.1, 13.2 and 13.3: Extreme values of functions of two variables.
Ch 14. 14.1: Introduction of constraint optimization, the Lagrange-method.

Tutorial 11 : Summary Chapter 13

Problems:

13.1: 1, 2, 3*, 4; 13.2: 2, 3, 4*, 5; 13.3: 1, 2*;

Review problems Chapter 13: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7*, 8a

Problems Tutorial 11
Lecture 12:

Ch 14. 14.1: Constraint optimization, the Lagrange-method;

14.2: Economic interpretation of the Lagrange multiplier.

Tutorial 12 : Summary Chapter 14

Problems:
14.1: 1, 2, 3, 4*, 5; 14.2: 2*, 3, 4ab*;
Review problems Chapter 14: 1*
Problems Tutorial 12
Maple TA
Maple Tests 11, 12: 11.5, 11.6.: Partial derivatives of the first and second order.
Chapter 4: Linear, Quadratic and Exponential Functions, Equalities and Inequalities.
Chapter 14: Lagrange problems

Week 8
Final Test Tuesday 21-10-2014 09:00 12:00
Teaching material Mathematics of ALL LECTURE WEEKS.

Literature
Mathematics Theory
Sydsaeter and Hammond (Prentice Hall), "Essential Mathematics for
Economic Analysis", 4th ed., Pearson Education, ISBN 978-0-273-76068-9.
Study Material on Blackboard
Book:

Mathematics Problems
Problems from the book of Sydsaeter and Hammond
Problems for the tutorials on blackboard
Formula sheet Mathematics 2014/2015