1. Math 267 Mathematical Models in Economics Prof. Steven Tschantz Spring 2003

2. Math 267 - Schedule Classroom: SC2200 (Microcomputer Lab) Times: TR 2:35-3:50 Meeting January 9 to April 22 except March 4 and 6 (spring break), 28 meetings Lecture topics, assignments, and other materials will be posted on the web at http://math.vanderbilt.edu/~tschantz/m267/ http://math.vanderbilt.edu/~tschantz/m267/

3. Math 267 - Instructor Prof. Steven Tschantz, Dept. of Math Office: SC1507 Phone: 2-6664 Email: tschantz@math.vanderbilt.edutschantz@math.vanderbilt.edu Office hours: TWR 1:10-2:00 and by appointment

4. Math 267 – Special Lecturer Prof. Luke Froeb, Owen Graduate School of Management Office: Owen 351 Phone: 3-6009 Email: luke.froeb@owen.vanderbilt.eduluke.froeb@owen.vanderbilt.edu

5. Math 267 – Grading Grades will be based on daily assignments and a final project and presentation (worth about ¼ of your grade). There will be no final exam. Daily assignments will be in the form of Mathematica notebooks to be completed. Completed notebooks are to be submitted by email to tschantz@math.vanderbilt.edutschantz@math.vanderbilt.edu Final project details to be announced.

6. Math 267 – Honor code For this course, I expect students to discuss assignments, cooperate in developing solutions, share computer code, and generally assist each other in learning the material. I will always be available as a source of such assistance. I expect that the material each student submits as solutions to assignments will be their own work, not a copy of someone else’s work, representing their own understanding of the problems and solutions. In case of substantial use of another’s work or of joint work of students, such contribution shall be appropriately noted.

7. Math 267 - Topics Mathematical modeling –Representing problems mathematically –Applying mathematical solution techniques –Interpreting results and refining Economic topics (microeconomics) –Supply, demand, competition, pricing, mergers, auctions, bargaining, econometrics Computation with Mathematica

8. Math 267 - Introduction This is a math course (but applied math). The main topic is mathematical modeling. Economics is a rich domain for modeling. Interesting problems arise in consulting. Real questions require real answers. Mathematica enables computing models. There is a lot to learn to use Mathematica.