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1、BasicMathematicsforEconomistsEconomicsstudentswillwelcometheneweditionofthisexcellenttextbook.Giventhatmanystudentscomeintoeconomicscourseswithouthavingstudiedmathematicsforanumberofyears,thisclearlywrittenbookwillhelptodevelopquantitativeskillsineventhelea
2、stnumeratestudentuptotherequiredlevelforageneralEconomicsorBusinessStudiescourse.Allexplanationsofmathematicalconceptsaresetoutinthecontextofapplicationsineconomics.Thisneweditionincorporatesseveralnewfeatures,includingnewsectionson:•financialmathematics•con
3、tinuousgrowth•matrixalgebraImprovedpedagogicalfeatures,suchaslearningobjectivesandendofchapterques-tions,alongwithanoverallexample-ledformatandtheuseofMicrosoftExcelforrelevantapplicationsmeanthatthistextbookwillcontinuetobeapopularchoiceforbothstudentsandt
4、heirlecturers.MikeRosserisPrincipalLecturerinEconomicsintheBusinessSchoolatCoventryUniversity.©1993,2003MikeRosserBasicMathematicsforEconomistsSecondEditionMikeRosser©1993,2003MikeRosserFirsteditionpublished1993byRoutledgeThiseditionpublished2003byRoutledge
5、11NewFetterLane,LondonEC4P4EESimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge29West35thStreet,NewYork,NY10001RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroupThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2003.©1993,2003MikeRosserAllrightsreserved.Nopartoft
6、hisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilisedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,nowknownorhereafterinvented,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orinanyinformationstorageorretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublishers.BritishLibrary
7、CataloguinginPublicationDataAcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibraryLibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationDataAcatalogrecordforthisbookhasbeenrequestedISBN0-203-42263-5Mastere-bookISBNISBN0-203-42439-5(AdobeeReaderFormat)ISBN0–415–26783
8、–8(hbk)ISBN0–415–26784–6(pbk)©1993,2003MikeRosserContentsPrefacePrefacetoSecondEditionAcknowledgements1Introduction1.1Whystudymathematics?1.2Calculatorsandcomputers1.3Usingthebook2Arithmetic2.1Revision
