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JACQUES

MATHEMATICS

FOR

ECONOMICS

AND

BUSINESS

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Assuming little prior knowledge of the subject, Mathematics for Economics and Business promotes self-study

encouraging students to read and understand topics that can, at first, seem daunting.

This text is suitable for undergraduate economics, business and accountancy students taking introductory

level maths courses.

"clear logical patient style which takes

the student seriously"

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University Belfast

Ian Jacques was formerly a senior lecturer in the School of Mathematical and

Information Sciences at Coventry University, and has considerable experience

of teaching mathematical methods to students studying economics, business

and accountancy.

KEY FEATURES:

 Includes numerous applications and practice problems which help

students appreciate maths as a tool used to analyse real economic

and business problems.

 Solutions to all problems are included in the book.

 Topics are divided into one– or two-hour sessions which allow students

to work at a realistic pace.

 Techniques needed to understand more advanced mathematics are

carefully developed.

 Offers an excellent introduction to Excel and Maple.

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NEW TO THIS EDITION:

 Brand new companion website containing additional material for both

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 New appendices on Implicit Differentiation and Hessian matrices for

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MATHEMATICS

FOR ECONOMICS

AND BUSINESS

fifth edition

IAN JACQUES

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MATHEMATICS

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fifth edition

MATHEMATICS

FOR ECONOMICS

AND BUSINESS

IAN JACQUES

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First published 1991

Second edition 1994

Third edition 1999

Fourth edition 2003

Fifth edition published 2006

The right of Ian Jacques to be identified as author of this work has been asserted

by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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To my mother, and in memory of my father

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Supporting resources

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Companion Website for students

 Multiple choice questions to test your understanding

For instructors

 Complete, downloadable Instructor's Manual containing teaching hints

plus over a hundred additional problems with solutions and marking

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 Downloadable PowerPoint slides of figures from the book

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Contents

Preface ix

Introduction: Getting Started 1

Notes for students: how to use this book 1

Getting started with Excel 3

Getting started with Maple 9

1 Linear Equations 13

1.1 Graphs of linear equations 15

1.2 Algebraic solution of simultaneous linear equations 35

1.3 Supply and demand analysis 47

1.4 Algebra 66

1.5 Transposition of formulae 87

1.6 National income determination

Non-linear Equations

113

2.1 Quadratic functions

115

2.2 Revenue, cost and profit

129

2.3 Indices and logarithms

141

2.4 The exponential and natural logarithm functions

162

Mathematics of Finance

175

3.1 Percentages

177

3.2 Compound interest

194

3.3 Geometric series

209

3.4 Investment appraisal 220

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Contents

viii

Differentiation

237

4.1 The derivative of a function

239

4.2 Rules of differentiation

251

4.3 Marginal functions 261

4.4 Further rules of differentiation

275

4.5 Elasticity

284

4.6 Optimization of economic functions 298

4.7 Further optimization of economic functions 320

4.8 The derivative of the exponential and natural logarithm functions 331

5 Partial Differentiation 341

5.1 Functions of several variables 343

5.2 Partial elasticity and marginal functions 356

5.3 Comparative statics 374

5.4 Unconstrained optimization 386

5.5 Constrained optimization 400

5.6 Lagrange multipliers 411

Integration

421

6.1 Indefinite integration 423

6.2 Definite integration 437

Matrices

451

7.1 Basic matrix operations 453

7.2 Matrix inversion 472

7.3 Cramer's rule 492

7.4 Input–output analysis 502

8 Linear Programming 515

8.1 Graphical solution of linear programming problems 517

8.2 Applications of linear programming 535

9 Dynamics 551

9.1 Difference equations 553

9.2 Differential equations 569

Appendix 1 Differentiation from First Principles 587

Appendix 2 Implicit Differentiation 591

Appendix 3 Hessians 594

Solutions to Problems 598

Glossary 663

Index 673

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Preface

This book is intended primarily for students on economics, business studies and management

courses. It assumes very little prerequisite knowledge, so it can be read by students who have

not undertaken a mathematics course for some time. The style is informal and the book con-

tains a large number of worked examples. Students are encouraged to tackle problems for

themselves as they read through each section. Detailed solutions are provided so that all

answers can be checked. Consequently, it should be possible to work through this book on

a self-study basis. The material is wide ranging, and varies from elementary topics such as

percentages and linear equations, to more sophisticated topics such as constrained optimiza-

tion of multivariate functions. The book should therefore be suitable for use on both low- and

high-level quantitative methods courses. Examples and exercises are included which make use

of the computer software packages Excel and Maple.

This book was ﬁrst published in 1991. The prime motivation for writing it then was to try

and produce a textbook that students could actually read and understand for themselves. This

remains the guiding principle and the most signiﬁcant change for this, the ﬁfth edition, is

in the design, rather than content. I was brought up with the ﬁxed idea that mathematics

textbooks were written in a small font with many equations crammed on to a page. However,

I fully accept that these days books need to look attractive and be easy to negotiate. I hope that

the new style will encourage more students to read it and will reduce the 'fear factor' of math-

ematics. In response to anonymous reviewers' comments, I have included additional problems

for several exercises together with two new appendices on implicit differentiation and Hessian

matrices. Finally, I have also included the highlighted key terms at the end of each section and

in a glossary at the end of the book.

The book now has an accompanying website that is intended to be rather more than just a

gimmick. I hope that the commentary in the Instructor's Manual will help tutors using the book

for the ﬁrst time. It also contains about a hundred new questions. Although a few of these problems

are similar to those in the main book, the majority of questions are genuinely different. There

are roughly two test exercises per chapter, which are graded to accommodate different levels of

student abilities. These are provided on the website so that they can easily be cut, pasted and

edited to suit. Fully worked solutions and marking schemes are included. Tutors can also

control access. The website has a a section containing multiple-choice tests. These can be given

to students for further practice or used for assessment. The multiple choice questions can be

marked online with the results automatically transferred to the tutor's markbook if desired.

Ian Jacques

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