Includes index.

Content: Introduction: getting started -- how to use this book -- getting started with MathXL -- getting stated with Excel -- getting started with Maple -- Linear equations: introduction to algebra -- further algebra -- graphs of linear equations -- algebraic solution of simultaneous linear equations -- supply and demand analysis -- transposition of formulae -- national income determination -- Non-linear equations: quadratic functions -- revenue, cost and profit -- indices and logarithms -- the exponential and natural logarithm functions -- Mathematics of finance: percentages -- compound interest -- geometric series -- investment appraisal -- Differentiation: the derivative of a function -- rules of differentiation -- marginal functions -- further rules of differentiation -- elasticity -- optimization of economic functions -- the derivative of the exponential and natural logarithm functions -- Partial differentiation: functions of several variables -- partial elasticity and marginal functions -- comparative statics -- unconstrained optimization -- constrained optimization -- lagrange multipliers -- Integration: indefinite integration -- definite integration -- Matrices: basic matrix operations -- matrix inversion -- cramer's rule -- input-output analysis.