August 25 Announcement: Starting August 27, we will meet in RH 211.
August 20 Set and Logic
Readings: Supplement on Logic, Lecture 1 (Section 1-2)
Additional Readings: [O] A.1, [D] 1.1, 1.2, [JR] A1.1-1.2
August 27 Linear Structure: Vector Space, Linear Independence, Matrix Operations, and Convexity
Readings: Lectures 2 and 3
Additional Readings: [SB] Chapter 6,8,10,11, 21; [O] Chapter F, A.4, G, [K] Appendix 3, [JR] A1.4
Assignment 1 (Due on September 10)
September 3 Smooth Optimization (Part I)
Readings: Lectures 5, 6.1
Additional Readings: [JR] A2.1, [SB] Chapters 2-5, 14, 16, [JR] A2.2-A2.4, [SB] Chapters 17-19, [K] Appendix 5
Additional Reference:
For consumer and producer theory:
[K] David M. Kreps, Microeconomic Foundations I: Choice and Competitive Markets (Princeton University Press, 2013)
[OB] Osobrne, M. and Rubinstein, A., Models in Microeconomic Theory (Open Book Publishers, 2020)
[JR] Geoffrey A. Jehle and Philip J. Reny, Advanced Microeconomic Theory (3rd edition, Prentice Hall, 2011)
For mathematics (and beyond):
[O] Efe OK, Real Analysis with Economic Applications (Princeton University Press, 2007)
[SB] Carl Simon and Lawrence Blume, Mathematics for Economists (Norton, 1994)
[D] Gerard Debreu, Theory of value: An axiomatic analysis of economic equilibrium. (Yale University Press, 1959)