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Background Course in Mathematics
(for 1st year PhD students in Economics, EUI)
30th August - 11th September 2009
 
Ten classes organized in 8 blocks, covering 12 topics (see syllabus, references).
 
 
Course Material
 
Topics 1: Logic, Sets, Proofs
 
Topics 2: Algebraic structures, Metric spaces, Sequences
 
Topics 3: Vectors, Matrices
 
Topics 4: One dimensional functions
 
Topics 5: Correspondences, Functions of several variables
 
Topics 6: Unconstrained and constrained optimization
 
Topics 7: Difference equations
 
Topics 8: Differential equations, Dynamic optimization