Ariell Reshef

University of Virginia, Department of Economics

Econ 509, Introduction to Mathematical Economics I (PhD)

“The first derivative is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” – Charles Kindleberger

· Syllabus

· Lecture notes

Assignments: Assignment 1

Assignment 2

Assignment 3

Assignment 4

Assignment 5

Implicit function theorem application

Past exams: 2010: Exam 1 Exam 2 Exam 3 (final)

2011: Exam 1 Exam 2 Exam 3 (final)

2012: Exam 1 Exam 2 Exam 3 (final)

Miscellaneous:

· Economists talking about real humans and not mathematical abstractions and winning the Nobel Prize for it?

· Fritz John Theorem

· Leibnitz Rule

“Economics, over the years, has become more and more abstract and divorced from events in the real world. Economists, by and large, do not study the workings of the actual economic system. They theorize about it. As Ely Devons, an English economist, once said in a meeting: ‘If economists wanted to study the horse, they wouldn’t go around and look at horses. They’d sit in their studies and say to themselves, `What would I do if I were a horse?’ ’ ” [italics mine] – Ronald Coase

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