FORK 1003 Preparatory course in Mathematics 2018/19

Course description for FORK 1003 Preparatory course for MSc in Business, a preparatory course for MSc in Business/Finance that covers the topics mathematics, economics, and econometrics.
This is the web page for the mathematics part of the course. See the course description and It's Learning for economics and econometrics.
For material from last year's preparatory course, see FORK 1003 Mathematics 2017/18

[ME] Simon, Blume, Mathematics for Economists, International Student Edition, Norton 1994

Date:	Topic:	Reading:	Exercises:
Mon Jul 30: 0900-1145, C1-060	Lecture 1: Linear systems and Gaussian elimination	[ME] 6.1, 7.1 - 7.3	[ME] 7.1 - 7.3, 7.12 - 7.16
Tue Jul 31: 0900-1145, C1-060	Lecture 2: Matrices and vectors, matrix algebra, inverse matrices	[ME] 8.1 - 8.4, 10.1 - 10.3	[ME] 8.1, 8.2, 8.5, 8.15, 8.18, 8.20, 8.22, 10.5
Wed Aug 01: 0900-1145, C1-060	Lecture 3: Determinants	[ME] 9.1 - 9.2, 26.1 - 26.3	[ME] 9.1, 9.7, 9.8, 9.11, 26.1, 26.2, 26.13, 26.22
Thu Aug 02: 0900-1145, C1-060	Lecture 4: Functions in one variable and the derivative	[ME] Chapter 2 - 5	[ME] 2.11, 5.1, 5.3, 5.5, 5.8 + Extra Problems
Thu Aug 09: 1400-1645, C1-060	Lecture 5: Optimization in one variable. Integration	[ME] Chapter 13 - 14, Appendix A4	[ME] Extra problems
Fri Aug 10: 1400-1645, C1-060	Lecture 6: Partial derivatives and optimization in two variables	[ME] Chapter 17 - 18	[ME] 17.1 + Extra Problems