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 | | Mathematica for Microeconomics by John Robert Stinespring ISBN-10: 9780126709612 ISBN-10: 0-12-670961-0 ISBN-13: 9780126709612 ISBN-13: 978-0-12-670961-2 Hardcover 2001-12-15 Academic Press Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Mathematica is the most widely available computational program available to potential buyers of the book. Mathematica for Microeconomics focuses on teaching economics, not computer programming and that it devotes some space to solving equations "by hand." The author has made sure that the book is compatible with the most frequently used microeconomics textbooks on the market today. This book is designed as a supplemental tool for courses in microeconomics and mathematical economics. It shows professors and students steps to solving microeconomics problems. Readers may begin reading at any chapter, and they may use the book as a "virtual instructor" to facilitate self-learning. They will recognize some of the popular problems, which have been taken from widely-used microeconomics texts. Also included is a CD-ROM containing the Mathematica® MathReader (a viewing program similar to Adobe Acrobat) and folders specific to each chapter of the book. This book emphasizes economics over mathematics as it: * Presents applications of the mathematics required to solve microeconomics problems * Demonstrates the use of computational tools to do mathematics * Provides discussions of the results of the problems * Stimulates users to extend the programs and perform their own comparative statics and dynamics * Provides users with tools to build their own Mathematica programs for microeconomics | ||
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A good quick-reference for undergrads, although outdated and overpriced Because of the cd-rom inside, this book is awfully expensive, considered also that many of the function used are now outdated because of the new releases of Mathematica. On the positive side, the book is a very good quick-reference for intermediate/advanced undergraduates and undergrad instructors. The problems analyzed are covered in depth and the programming steps are easy to follow. Maybe even too easy: everyone with some background in Mathematica can improve upon the programming syntax used, in order to make the codes less goofy. With such improvements, the book can serve as a getting-started for graduate-level instructors and students. | ||
Superb! Stinespring does an excellent job of communicating typical microeconomic analysis techniques using Mathematica. He also provides a good reminder of the reasoning behind performing such calculations. A concern I had was that I had purchased Mathematica 5.2, and the book was written for version 4. So far however, I have had no problems applying the syntax straight from the book and adjusting it for my particular situation. Economics is heavily math-based, and Mathematica makes the computations much simpler. The challenge I had was to getting up to speed quickly in Mathematica in order to perform economic analysis. Stinespring's book lowers the Mathematica learning curve a great deal allowing you to get on with performing analysis without having to go through the nearly 1,500 page Mathematica user guide. The first chapter provides a good overview of Mathematica. If you are already familiar with Mathematica, you could skip this chapter. Stinespring then gets on with the economics, sufficiently covering consumer theory, producer theory and economic dynamics. The book is layed out in such a way that you could read it straight through or use it as a reference. I doubt this book will gather any dust on my bookshelf, but will instead look duly worn in a short period. | ||