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Logic for Economists
  • Level Expert
  • المدة 7 ساعات hours
  • الطبع بواسطة University of Amsterdam
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عن

This course provides a very brief introduction to basic mathematical concepts like propositional and predicate logic, set theory, the number system, and proof techniques. At the end of the course, students will be able to (1) detect the logical structure behind simple puzzles (2) be able to manipulate logical expressions (3) explain the connection between logic and set theory (4) explain the differences between natural, integer, rational, real and complex numbers (5) recognise different basic proof techniques

الوحدات

Why logic?

    • 1 Readings
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1 Readings

  • Why logic for economists?

Building blocks

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Logical knots

1 Videos

  • The building blocks

Transforming logical expressions

    • 2 Videos
    • 2 Assignment
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2 Assignment

  • Basic transformations
  • De Morgan's laws

2 Videos

  • Basic operations
  • De Morgan's laws

The Lady or the Tiger?

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • The Lady or the Tiger?

1 Videos

  • The Lady or the Tiger?

Predicate logic

    • 4 Videos
    • 2 Assignment
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2 Assignment

  • Predicate logic and set theory
  • About functions

4 Videos

  • Predicate logic
  • Predicate logic and set notation
  • Functions and their graphs
  • Onto and one-to-one

Numbers

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Questions about numbers

2 Videos

  • The natural numbers
  • The other numbers

Proofs

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Proof techniques

1 Videos

  • Proofs

Test

    • 1 Assignment
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  • Final Test
Florian
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Florian