Essential Mathematics for Economics and Business, 4th Edition

Essential Mathematics for Economics and Business isestablished as one of the leading introductory textbooks onmathematics for students of business and economics. Combining auser–friendly approach to mathematics with practicalapplications to the subjects, the text provides students with aclear and comprehensible guide to mathematics. The fundamentalmathematical concepts are explained in a simple and accessiblestyle, using a wide selection of worked examples, progressexercises and real–world applications.

New to this Edition

• Fully updated text with revised worked examples and updatedmaterial on Excel and Powerpoint
• New exercises in mathematics and its applications to givefurther clarity and practice opportunities
• Fully updated online material including animations and a newtest bank
• The fourth edition is supported by a companion website atwww.wiley.com/college/bradley, which contains: Animations ofselected worked examples providing students with a new way ofunderstanding the problems Access to the Maple T.A. test bank,which features over 500 algorithmic questions Further learningmaterial, applications, exercises and solutions.
• Problems in context studies, which present the mathematics in abusiness or economics framework.
• Updated PowerPoint slides, Excel problems and solutions.

“The text is aimed at providing an introductory-level expositionof mathematical methods for economics and business students. Interms of level, pace, complexity of examples and user-friendlystyle the text is excellent – it genuinely recognises and meets theneeds of students with minimal maths background.”
—Colin Glass, Emeritus Professor, University ofUlster

“One of the major strengths of this book is the range ofexercises in both drill and applications. Also the ‘workedexamples’ are excellent; they provide examples of the use ofmathematics to realistic problems and are easy to follow.”
—Donal Hurley, formerly of University College Cork

“The most comprehensive reader in this topic yet, this book isan essential aid to the avid economist who loathesmathematics!”
—Amazon.co.uk

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Mathematical Preliminaries
Chapter 2 The Straight Line And Applications
Chapter 3 Simultaneous Equations
Chapter 4 Non-Linear Functions And Applications
Chapter 5 Financial Mathematics
Chapter 6 Differentiation And Applications
Chapter 7 Functions Of Several Variables
Chapter 8 Integration And Applications
Chapter 9 Linear Algebra And Applications
Chapter 10 Difference Equations