University of Nevada, Resource Economics Department

APEC 350 Mathematical Methods

Spring 2008 Syllabus Mail to: Prof. Kilkenny

Updates as of April 30, 2008

FA 233 2-3pm	Monday	Wednesday		Friday
JANUARY Parkin Ch1 Appendix	Hans Josling	23 Visual Display of Quantitative Information Homework 1 Results 1 key 1
Soper Ch 1	28 linear functions, inverse functions, power functions, graphs Homework 2 graph key
FEBRUARY Soper Ch 2	4 Systems of equations, equilibria Feb 4 *.xls Homework 3
	11 comparative statics			15 First Quiz
Soper Ch 5	holiday	20 derivatives Homework 4 key 4
Soper Ch 6	25 Curve Sketching; unconstrained Optimization
MARCH	3 Marginal analysis Homework 5
	10 review key 5	12 Second Quiz		14 calculus
Soper Ch 8 Binger & Hoffmann 10	17 partial differentiation Homework 6 implicit functions
	24 Spring Break
Soper Ch 7, 8	31 multivariate calculus applications
APRIL Soper Ch 9	7 Constrained optimization (Lagrange)
Soper Ch 8	14 review				18 Third Quiz
	21 dynamic processes(log and exponential functions) practice problems
	28 scientific method, null hypothesis, missing variable bias
MAY	5 review		9 Final exam 2:15-4:15