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Principles of Real Analysis, (along with Problems in Real Analysis, which contains complete solutions to every problem featured in Principles) by Aliprantis and Burkinshaw. THE most underrated Real Analysis book out there. Very clear, precise, and all exercises have solutions, which is a rare feature in any RA book.

Porn Star, without a doubt :tup:

I vote for Peracchi

Not entirely true, actually. Mathematical economics refers to the application of mathematical methods to represent economic theories and analyze problems posed in economics. So, all of the four books do it. De La Fuente´s, Carter´s and Takayama´s just present a different kind of math than Debreu´s book, (and are more pedagogical, of course) which focuses more on topology, like you mentioned. Otherwise, why would two of the three books have "Mathematical Economics" on their titles? Not like Carter and Takayama wouldn´t know the difference.

In your opinion, which book is better for a course in Mathematical Economics at PhD level with the ususal topics? -Takayama´s "Mathematical Economics" -De La Fuentes "Mathematical Methods and Models for Economists" -Carter´s "Foundations of Mathematical Economics" And why?'

Do like me. I have a BsC in Economics. No RA, no Stochastics, no ODE, not even Calculus III. What I have is a strong liking in Mathematical Economics. You could see that in the SOP. In the list of my Math courses I put Game Theory, Econometrics and Operations Research as Math. Hell I even put "Macroeconomics of Growth" because we basically covered all of Barro/Sala-i-Martin, which is pretty technical and mathematical. So in total I had 13 math courses in a BsC in Econ, no Minors, etc etc. Not all of the QEM Courses have mathematical names in them. Also I´m very disappointed with the QEM organisation. They were supposed to find housing for us, it´s what stated in their website. But guess what, they didn´t this year, for 8 of us. And some more comments here make me fear the worst is yet to come.

Or anyone else, for that matter...

Sorry to ressurect this long-buried post, but...treasuries, where did you get this info from? especially the one about Bielefeld. Thx!

Check Rankings , they have several international rankings by specialties.

Give "A Guide for the Young Economist", by William Thompson, a try. It is very readable, not too technical and colloquial. Has some excellent advices that go well beyond the preparation of papers.

I think it´s a real pain in the A**. :D

It´s possible. I´ve had a class of Diffy Q before Linear Algebra. DE only uses basic stuff from LA (for example you should know how to compute determinants for the Wronskian, but how to do that can be explained in half an hour).

Thank you y-gat and Diplomer. Y-gat, I will actually be attending that Master this year (QEM, Erasmus Mundus) and will be doing the whole second year in Bielefeld. This is why I was curious about the reputation of the department and its placements.

You should know that some schools (Minnesota comes to mind now) don´t accept GMAT instead of the GRE. Always good to check out the departmental websites.

Hiya! Since the topic developed into a ranking of German institutions in Econ, what is your opinion about Bielefeld? I mean in Economics in general and in the field of Mathematical Economics (what I´m interested in) in particular. Thx!