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This document is a syllabus for Econ 506 (Mathematical Economics I) taught in the fall 2017 semester at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. The course is intended for advanced undergraduate and first-year graduate students and will cover differential calculus, optimization, and basic linear algebra. Students will use the textbook "Mathematics for Economics" and be evaluated based on exams, quizzes, homework, and participation. The course meets Monday evenings from 5:30-8:10pm in room B92 of Bolton Hall.

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This document is a syllabus for Econ 506 (Mathematical Economics I) taught in the fall 2017 semester at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. The course is intended for advanced undergraduate and first-year graduate students and will cover differential calculus, optimization, and basic linear algebra. Students will use the textbook "Mathematics for Economics" and be evaluated based on exams, quizzes, homework, and participation. The course meets Monday evenings from 5:30-8:10pm in room B92 of Bolton Hall.

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ECON 506 (Section 001)

MATHEMATICAL ECONOMICS I
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Fall 2017
Bol B92 – M 5:30 – 8:10
Syllabus
Filip Vesely
E-mail: [email protected] Office: Bolton 830
Web page: http://people.uwm.edu/vesely/econ506/ Office Hours: Thursday (noon – 2:00PM)

OVERVIEW to illness or a recognized university function, provide a written


Econ 506 is intended for advanced undergraduate students excuse from your physician or the appropriate university official
and make-up or other suitable action will be arranged. In case of
and first year graduate students. The course will continue to important personal reasons, advanced consultation is required.
Econ 606 (Mathematical Economics II) in the Spring Also, any student requiring special conditions (such as a quiet
semester. Between these two courses, students will be test environment or extra time) during a quiz or exam, must
exposed to the basic mathematical tools for higher level notify me within 3 weeks after the beginning of the course. If
economic analyses. Econ 506 will cover differential calculus, no advance notification is made, you will take the quiz or exam
optimization and basic linear algebra. Econ 606 will add along with everyone else.
integral calculus, differential equations and optimal control
theory. GRADING
Each of the components of the semester grade will be
BOOK weighted as follows:
Michael Hoy, John Livernois, Chris McKenna, Ray Rees,
and Thanasis Stengos, Exam I (October 9th) 40 %
Mathematics for Economics, MIT Press. Exam II (November 20th) 40 %
Final Exam (December 18th) 40 %
Quizzes, Homeworks, Participation 20 %
EXAMS
Students will be required to bring an official photo identification
card (e.g, a student ID card) to midterms and final exams. In Only the best two of the three exams will count.
addition, each student should also bring a pencil to the exam
room. The exact cut-offs for letter grades will be decided on the
basis of the mastery of key concepts and issues displayed
You cannot take a make-up exam unless you have made at each overall course score level rather than by a curve
prior arrangements or have an excused absence. To be dictating that a certain percentage of students must earn a
accepted, any conflict or other reason for missing an exam or
certain letter grade.
a quiz must be brought to my attention in advance or/and as
soon as possible. If you miss a quiz, midterm or final exam due

Academic Policy
Cheating of any kind will not be tolerated and at a minimum will result in a failing grade for the exam in question.
Other university sanctions may also be applied.

Campus Policies
http://www4.uwm.edu/secu/SyllabusLinks.pdf

Credit Hour Policy


This 3-credit course meets for 3 academic hours of lecture per week during the semester and 0 academic hours of lecture
otherwise. Students are expected to put in additional 6 hours per week reading material, studying, and working on
assignments to achieve the learning goals of this course. Students are expected but not required to use the remaining
hours of the week doing something else.

Precautions Outline of Topics


In the event
Review of disruption of normal classroom activities due to for example an H1N1 swine flu outbreak, the format for this course MAY be
of Fundamentals
modifiedLogic
to enable completion of the course. In that event, you will be providedLinear
an addendum
Algebrato this syllabus that will supersede this version.
Sets and Functions System of Linear Equations
Sequences, Series, and Limits Matrices

Calculus for Functions of One Variable Calculus for Functions of n-Variables


Continuity of functions Derivative and Differential
Derivative and Differential Optimization of Functions
Optimization of Functions Constrained Optimization

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