YoungEconomist Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 I imagine during the first year a student will sometimes need to consult a math book while reading an econ textbook or doing a problem set. I was hoping the grad students on this forum would mention which math books have been the most helpful for them during the first year. So, what is a good math text library for econ students to have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weary Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 I think you would benefit from Alice in Wonderland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungEconomist Posted March 23, 2009 Author Share Posted March 23, 2009 I think you would benefit from Alice in Wonderland. LOL! :D I actually haven't seen that movie yet, although I truly want to since it's supposed to be trippy and written by a mathematician. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bees Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Economists Mathematical Manual by Berck and Sydsaeter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zmoney Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 A Linear Algebra book, an advanced stats book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungEconomist Posted March 23, 2009 Author Share Posted March 23, 2009 A Linear Algebra book, an advanced stats book Any good ones you know about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bees Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Mood and Graybill; and Berger and Casella for Stats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gecko Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Princeton Lectures in Analysis by Stein if you're into hard core theory :) the book touches on hilbert spaces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99luftballoons Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 The Basics Real Analysis with Economic Applications by Efe Ok Baby Rudin A good stats book Linear Algebra Done Wrong by Axler or Linear Algebra by Friedrich, Insel and Spence More Advanced Topology by Munkres Real Analysis (Measure Theory) by Royden (Only the standard measure stuff is important) Probability and Measure by Billingsley or Course in Prob. Theory by Chung Introductory Functional Analysis by Kreyzig (for some advanced stuff!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Econtastic Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 It would never hurt to have Stewart's Calculus and Multivariable Calc books around for reference, particularly because Stewart's books are fantastic IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KGkhan23 Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 LOL! :D I actually haven't seen that movie yet, although I truly want to since it's supposed to be trippy and written by a mathematician. Lewis Carroll... much more than a mathematician! He wrote the book though, they didn't really have movies back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pevdoki1 Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 I actually haven't consulted a single math book this year, with one exception: I looked up the finite intersection property in Rudin at some point. I don't know how useful a "math library" would be.. The appendices in MWG et al + the first couple of chapters of Stokey-Lucas should more or less do the trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gecko Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 I actually haven't consulted a single math book this year, with one exception: I looked up the finite intersection property in Rudin at some point. I don't know how useful a "math library" would be.. The appendices in MWG et al + the first couple of chapters of Stokey-Lucas should more or less do the trick. haha, I would put that down to the way your notes are written :P there is sufficient math in it I'd reckon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruler-I Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 The Basics Linear Algebra Done Wrong by Axler or Linear Algebra by Friedrich, Insel and Spence Did you mean "Linear algebra done right" by Axler or "Linear algebra done wrong" by Treil?? http://www.math.brown.edu/~treil/papers/LADW/LADW.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99luftballoons Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Did you mean "Linear algebra done right" by Axler or "Linear algebra done wrong" by Treil?? http://www.math.brown.edu/~treil/papers/LADW/LADW.pdf Err, sorry, I meant "Linear Algebra Done Right" by Axler (the one with no determinants). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myrrh Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 How is this for a topology resource? Its free! http://bobostrategy.com/TopologyAndTheLanguageOfMathematics-ChrisCunliffe.pdf I found it in a facebook advertisement, of all places. I can't find any reviews in the obvious places, never took topology, kinda skimped over it in advanced calc so I don't know if this is legit or not. Its pretty bare bones but thats the point I think. Anyone with opinions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singmeat Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Err, sorry, I meant "Linear Algebra Done Right" by Axler (the one with no determinants). no determinants you say? http://www.narutomania.com/gallery/data/1117/house-do-want_thumbnail.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treblekicker Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 How is this for a topology resource? Its free! http://bobostrategy.com/TopologyAndTheLanguageOfMathematics-ChrisCunliffe.pdf I found it in a facebook advertisement, of all places. I can't find any reviews in the obvious places, never took topology, kinda skimped over it in advanced calc so I don't know if this is legit or not. Its pretty bare bones but thats the point I think. Anyone with opinions? seems a little light for a full first course in point-set topology. Munkres is THE text for a first course. but for almost all Econ PhD's, Baby Rudin has all of the topology they will ever need to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argmax Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 I agree with Efe Ok Real Analysis with economic applications will become a very useful book for economists. A first course in optimization theory by sundaram is a very nice and rigourous introduction to optimization. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singmeat Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 I borrowed Papa Rudin from my calc 3 prof and I don't even know where to start. Time to find Baby Rudin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treblekicker Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 I borrowed Papa Rudin from my calc 3 prof and I don't even know where to start. Time to find Baby Rudin! that is an extremely challenging text book. at my school, they use Royden for the first semester of PhD Analysis and then Rudin for the second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebear Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Economists Mathematical Manual by Berck and Sydsaeter The following two books are listed as the texts used during the math camp for my program this fall: Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis - Sydsaeter,K. and Hammond, P. Further Mathematics for Economic Analysis - Sydsaeter,K. and Hammond, P. Anyone have an idea where these fall in difficulty relative to other books often mentioned here (e.g. Chiang Thanks for any insights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APJ Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Mathematical Methods and Models for Economists by Angel de la Fuente and Real Analysis with Economic Applications by Efe are good, accessible texsts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chisquared Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 The following two books are listed as the texts used during the math camp for my program this fall: Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis - Sydsaeter,K. and Hammond, P. Further Mathematics for Economic Analysis - Sydsaeter,K. and Hammond, P. Anyone have an idea where these fall in difficulty relative to other books often mentioned here (e.g. Chiang Thanks for any insights. EMEA is about the same level as Chiang. FMEA is more advanced. I'm not sure if it's just me, but there's a pretty big jump in terms of sophistication between EMEA and FMEA. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philecon Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 (edited) EMEA is about the same level as Chiang. FMEA is more advanced. I'm not sure if it's just me, but there's a pretty big jump in terms of sophistication between EMEA and FMEA. There is a pretty big jump. My prof in mathematical economics used both books for our math econ class (because some linear algebra and optimization topics that were part of the class syllabus were in FMEA), and some of us had difficulty with reading the proofs in FMEA. It was a good thing that I took a proof writing class at about the same time as my math econ class. It made things easier. Sundaram's A First Course in Optimization is also a good reference to have. It's self-contained and it covers optimization thoroughly. Edited June 7, 2010 by philecon unclear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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