Fundamentals of Calculus for Economists

The book captures the basics of intermediate mathematical economics for undergraduate economics and business university degree students. It covers portions begging from revisions of some basic algebra and coherently moves to the concept of limit. After treating the concept of limit in a simplistic and keeping the appropriate mix of mathematical rigors, which is fairly lacking in most mathematical economics books, it then presents the foundations and rigors of differential calculus of a single variable in depth .It then passes to the problem of a single variable unconstrained optimization.The topic of differential calculus of multivariate is also discussed in great detail. Then it discusses the problem of unconstrained optimization for a multivariate function. The next chapter presents a good deal material on the problem of constrained optimization, where from a single variable single constraint optimization to a multivariate multi constraint optimization is discussed. The last chapter presents the concept of integral calculus. All of the portions are supplemented by a wide ranging number of solved exercises with economic applications.

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Addis Yimer is an Ethiopian and a holder of Master of Science Degree (Msc.)in economics.He worked as a research officer in EDRI-ESSP II project and UNECA.He is a lecturer and researcher at Dire Dawa University,department of economics where he thought Econometrics and its software application mainly.Now he is on study leave attending his PHD study.