Matemáticas básicas para economistas. Vol. 1. Álgebra lineal (Con notas históricas y contextos económicos)

Matemáticas básicas para economistas. Vol. 1. Álgebra lineal (Con notas históricas y contextos económicos)

Author: Sergio Monsalve

Publisher: Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 457

ISBN-13: 958761805X

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Una vez presentado el volumen 0 (Fundamentos) de Matemáticas básicas para economistas, el primer paso en la formación matemática de todo economista moderno es afrontar el estudio de aquellas herramientas que permiten abordar "problemas lineales"; es decir, de lo que hoy se llama álgebra lineal. Al plantearlo así, deciden tomar, como hilo articulador, la solución de un sistema de ecuaciones lineales, pues este problema, aparentemente simple, es el verdadero origen de una gran cantidad de conceptos e ideas del álgebra lineal: matriz, determinante, base, dimensión, etc. Y aunque el tratamiento formal de este texto lo podría asemejar a otros de este mismo nivel y objetivo, se diferencia de ellos en varios aspectos: en primer lugar, en la orientación que han dado a la conformación de las lecciones, alrededor de los sistemas de ecuaciones lineales, y el hacerlo siempre acompañado de su respectiva conexión geométrica. En segundo lugar, la presentación (en los "contextos económicos" de final de cada lección), de los más importantes modelos económicos lineales, que son aún hoy estudiados en las carreras de economía, así sólo sea, en algunos casos, para propósitos de fundamentación teórica (el modelo Walras-Cassel, el modelo de Leontief, el modelo de von Neumann, el modelo de Sraffa, el modelo IS-LM lineal, el modelo de juegos de von Neumann-Morgenstern, y el modelo de mercado competitivo de Koopmans); y, finalmente, las notas históricas que permiten, de cierta forma, trazar el devenir de los conceptos matemáticos y económicos que han desarrollado. Una observación pedagógica. Este texto ha sido elaborado, no pensando exclusivamente en los estudiantes de pregrado de economía; también es apropiado para estudiantes de maestría y doctorado. Sólo que en la presentación del material, al profesor o instructor le correspondería hacer el énfasis adecuado que mejor se adapte al curso o seminario que tenga a cargo.Adquiera también la colección completa de esta obra


Modelling and Applications in Mathematics Education

Modelling and Applications in Mathematics Education

Author: Peter L. Galbraith

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-12-05

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13: 0387298223

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The book aims at showing the state-of-the-art in the field of modeling and applications in mathematics education. This is the first volume to do this. The book deals with the question of how key competencies of applications and modeling at the heart of mathematical literacy may be developed; with the roles that applications and modeling may play in mathematics teaching, making mathematics more relevant for students.


Matemáticas básicas para economistas. Vol. 2. Cálculo (Con notas históricas y contextos económicos)

Matemáticas básicas para economistas. Vol. 2. Cálculo (Con notas históricas y contextos económicos)

Author: Sergio Monsalve

Publisher: Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 538

ISBN-13: 9587618076

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No existe razón para que cuando se haya estudiado el concepto de continuidad en una variable, no se haga el paso a estudiar el mismo concepto en dos variables; de igual forma, en el caso de la derivada ordinaria y las derivadas parciales, o en el caso de la integral ordinaria y las integrales dobles.Adquiera también la colección completa de esta obra


Fibonacci’s Liber Abaci

Fibonacci’s Liber Abaci

Author: Laurence Sigler

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 736

ISBN-13: 1461300797

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First published in 1202, Fibonacci’s Liber Abaci was one of the most important books on mathematics in the Middle Ages, introducing Arabic numerals and methods throughout Europe. This is the first translation into a modern European language, of interest not only to historians of science but also to all mathematicians and mathematics teachers interested in the origins of their methods.


Mathematics as an Educational Task

Mathematics as an Educational Task

Author: Hans Freudenthal

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 691

ISBN-13: 9401029032

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Like preludes, prefaces are usually composed last. Putting them in the front of the book is a feeble reflection of what, in the style of mathe matics treatises and textbooks, I usually call thf didactical inversion: to be fit to print, the way to the result should be the inverse of the order in which it was found; in particular the key definitions, which were the finishing touch to the structure, are put at the front. For many years I have contrasted the didactical inversion with the thought-experiment. It is true that you should not communicate your mathematics to other people in the way it occurred to you, but rather as it could have occurred to you if you had known then what you know now, and as it would occur to the student if his learning process is being guided. This in fact is the gist of the lesson Socrates taught Meno's slave. The thought-experi ment tries to find out how a student could re-invent what he is expected to learn. I said about the preface that it is a feeble reflection of the didactical inversion. Indeed, it is not a constituent part of the book. It can even be torn out. Yet it is useful. Firstly, to the reviewer who then need not read the whole work, and secondly to the author himself, who like the composer gets an opportunity to review the Leitmotivs of the book.


Teaching Mathematical Modelling: Connecting to Research and Practice

Teaching Mathematical Modelling: Connecting to Research and Practice

Author: Gloria Ann Stillman

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-10-27

Total Pages: 612

ISBN-13: 9400765401

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This book provides readers with an overview of recent international research and developments in the teaching and learning of modelling and applications from a variety of theoretical and practical perspectives. There is a strong focus on pedagogical issues for teaching and learning of modelling as well as research into teaching and practice. The teaching of applications of mathematics and mathematical modelling from the early years through primary and secondary school and at tertiary level is rising in prominence in many parts of the world commensurate with an ever-increasing usage of mathematics in business, the environment, industry and everyday life. The authors are all members of the International Community of Teachers of Mathematical Modelling and Applications and important researchers in mathematics education and mathematics. The book will be of interest to teachers, practitioners and researchers in universities, polytechnics, teacher education, curriculum and policy.​


Boundaries

Boundaries

Author: Christine E. Gudorf

Publisher: Georgetown University Press

Published: 2010-04-15

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 1589016858

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In this expanded and revised edition of a fresh and original case-study textbook on environmental ethics, Christine Gudorf and James Huchingson continue to explore the line that separates the current state of the environment from what it should be in the future. Boundaries begins with a lucid overview of the field, highlighting the key developments and theories in the environmental movement. Specific cases offer a rich and diverse range of situations from around the globe, from saving the forests of Java and the use of pesticides in developing countries to restoring degraded ecosystems in Nebraska. With an emphasis on the concrete circumstances of particular localities, the studies continue to focus on the dilemmas and struggles of individuals and communities who face daunting decisions with serious consequences. This second edition features extensive updates and revisions, along with four new cases: one on water privatization, one on governmental efforts to mitigate global climate change, and two on the obstacles that teachers of environmental ethics encounter in the classroom. Boundaries also includes an appendix for teachers that describes how to use the cases in the classroom.


bookdown

bookdown

Author: Yihui Xie

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2016-12-12

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 1351792601

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bookdown: Authoring Books and Technical Documents with R Markdown presents a much easier way to write books and technical publications than traditional tools such as LaTeX and Word. The bookdown package inherits the simplicity of syntax and flexibility for data analysis from R Markdown, and extends R Markdown for technical writing, so that you can make better use of document elements such as figures, tables, equations, theorems, citations, and references. Similar to LaTeX, you can number and cross-reference these elements with bookdown. Your document can even include live examples so readers can interact with them while reading the book. The book can be rendered to multiple output formats, including LaTeX/PDF, HTML, EPUB, and Word, thus making it easy to put your documents online. The style and theme of these output formats can be customized. We used books and R primarily for examples in this book, but bookdown is not only for books or R. Most features introduced in this book also apply to other types of publications: journal papers, reports, dissertations, course handouts, study notes, and even novels. You do not have to use R, either. Other choices of computing languages include Python, C, C++, SQL, Bash, Stan, JavaScript, and so on, although R is best supported. You can also leave out computing, for example, to write a fiction. This book itself is an example of publishing with bookdown and R Markdown, and its source is fully available on GitHub.


Engaging People in Sustainability

Engaging People in Sustainability

Author: Daniella Tilbury

Publisher: IUCN

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9782831708232

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The book is based on the exchange of professional experiences which featured in an IUCN CEC workshop in August 2002. Practitioners from around the world shared their models of good practice and explored the challenges involved in engaging people in sustainability. The difficulties facing practitioners vary between country and context but some challenges are universal: A lack of clarity in communicating what is meant by sustainable development; An ambition to educate everyone to bring about a global citizenship; Social, organisational or institutional factors constrain change to sustainable development, yet there is an emphasis on formal education, and community educators do not receive the same support; A lack of balance in addressing the integration of environmental, social and economic dimensions leading to an interpretation that ESD is mainly about environment and conservation issues; New learning (rather than teaching) approaches are called for to promote more debate in society. Yet, few are trained or experienced in these new approaches. Practitioners need support to explore new ways of promoting learning. [Foreword, ed].


Developing Innovation Systems

Developing Innovation Systems

Author: Mario Cimoli

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-09-05

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 1136547169

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Mexico provides a case study of a cornerstone economy in the development of the hemospheric free trade zone in the Americas, an adjusting economy which has been integrated into uneven economies (Canada and the US). This volume examines the Mexican economy and its attempt to develop an innovation system, providing an example of the dynamics that are of concern to evolutionary economists.