ECON 105: Introduction to Mathematical Economics

UCLA · Instructor · Fall 2024, 2025

Overview

This course covers the essential mathematical and computing skills needed to study modern economics. It reviews differential and integral calculus—including derivatives, optimization, and integration—as well as introductory data analysis in Excel and R.

Topics

Functions and derivatives Logs and exponents Unconstrained optimization Constrained optimization Lagrange multipliers Consumer theory Implicit functions Elasticities Slutsky equation Producer theory Excel R

Selected Teaching Materials

Lecture slides

• Introduction
• Optimization
• Lagrange Multipliers
• Level Curves
• Consumer Theory I
• Consumer Theory II
• Mid-course Review
• Income and Substitution Effects I
• Income and Substitution Effects II
• Elasticities
• Producer Theory
• Cost Minimization
• Profit Maximization

Coding and data analysis

• Excel materials
• R materials

Other materials

• Practice problems
• Course syllabus

This page contains representative materials rather than a complete course archive.