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Mathematics A

Summary

The subject continues fulfilling general methodical and professional goals of
Mathematics, i.e. to train the rational thinking and the ability to conceive
and work with quantitative information concerning the real world. This is being
done especially by mathematization of the practical as well as theoretical
economic problems. This subject supplies the students’ education with realms of
higher Mathematics which is applicable namely to the creation and investigation
of economic models.

Literature

[1] SYDSAETER, K., HAMMOND, P. J. Mathematics for Economics Analysis. Pearson, 2002, ISBN 978-81-7758104-1 .
[2] HOY, M., LIVERNOIS, J., MCKENNA, Ch., REES, R., STENGOS, T. Mathematics for Economics. The MIT Press, London, 3rd edition, 2011, ISBN 978-0-262-01507-3.
[3] TAN, T.S. Single variable calculus: early transcendentals. Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning, Belmont, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4390-4600-5.

Advised literature

[1] CARVAJAL, Andrés M., HAMMOND, Peter J., STRØM, Arne, SYDSAETER, Knut. Essential mathematics for economic analysis. Pearson, 5th edition, 2016, ISBN 978-1-292-07461-0 .
[2] STOCKER, Christopher J., ZIEGLER, Michael R., BYLEEN, Karl E., BARNETT, Raymond A. College mathematics for business, economics, life sciences, and social sciences. Pearson, 14th edition, 2019, ISBN 978-0-13-467414-8 .


Language of instruction angličtina, angličtina, angličtina
Code 151-0500
Abbreviation Math A
Course title Mathematics A
Coordinating department Department of Mathematical Methods in Economics
Course coordinator RNDr. Pavel Rucki, Ph.D.