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It has been twenty years since the last edition of this classic book. Kevin Wainwright (British Columbia University and Simon Fraser University), a long time user of the text, has executed the perfect revision: he has updated examples, applications and theory without changing the elegant, precise presentation style of Alpha Chiang. Readers will find the wait was worthwhile.
KEY FEATURES：
1.Elegant Yet Lucid Writing Style: Chiang’s strength is the eloquence of the writing and the manner in which it is developed. While the content of the text can be difficult, it is understandable.
2.Meshes Sophisticated with the Accessible: Sophisticated material is presented in the text, but not a lot of prior knowledge is assumed. The background needed for the course is there. The combination of depth of material and ease of exposition is the reason that graduate students and faculty alike have kept their copies of Chiang from their undergraduate days.
3.Many new, innovative examples based on current economics.
4.Expanded applications, especially in chapters 8,11, and 12. New chapter covering envelope theorem, maximum value function, and duality. In part five add a new chapter on optimal control theory and modernize the models. Delete part 6 (Mathematical Programming) and move nonlinear programming (21) to follow Optimization with equality constraints (12).
5.A Classic Text: Chiang literally wrote the book on the subject matter and is one of the most widely-respected Economics texts in the world.
作者簡介
Alpha Chiang
現職：University of Connecticut
Kevin Wainwright
現職：British Columbia Institute of Technology
PART I: INTRODUCTION
Ch 1 The Nature of Mathematical Economics
Ch 2 Economic Models
PART II: STATIC (OR EQUILIBRIUM) ANALYSIS
Ch 3 Equilibrium Analysis in Economics
Ch 4 Linear Models and Matrix Algebra
Ch 5 Linear Models and Matrix Algebra (continued)
PART III: COMPARATIVE-STATIC ANALYSIS
Ch 6 Comparative Statics and the Concept of the Derivative
Ch 7 Rules of Differentiation and their use in Comparative Statics
Ch 8 Comparative-Static Analysis of General-Function Models
PART IV: OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS
Ch 9 Optimization A Special Variety of Equilibrium Analysis
Ch10 Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
Ch11 The Case of More Than One Choice Variable
Ch12 Optimization with Equality Constraints
NEW Ch13 Further Topics in Optimization (includes Envelope Theorem and Duality
PART V: DYNAMIC ANALYSIS
Ch14 Economic Analysis and Integral Calculus
Ch15 Continuous Time First Order Differential Equations
Ch16 Higher-Order Differential Equations
Ch17 DiscreteTime First Order Difference Equations
Ch18 Higher Order Difference Equations
Ch19 Simultaneous Differential Equations and Difference Equations
NEW Ch20 Introduction to Optimal Control Theory
