"...The study of mathematics is, for many, similar to taking bitter medicine - necessary, but extremely torturous".
This manual is aimed at students of Economics and aims to reduce their "mathematical anxiety" with many explanations and specific examples.
The presentation style adopted is deliberately non-formalistic and "user-friendly". The authors try to anticipate the students' questions during their study. Mathematical tools are gradually enriched, facilitating understanding. Where necessary, explanatory graphs visually enhance the algebraic results.
The above reasons account for the unprecedented international success of this comprehensive introduction to the mathematics used by economists in all fields of their analysis.

The book covers the following categories of economic analysis:
- Static (equilibrium analysis).
- Comparative statics.
- Optimization problems (as a special category of statics).
- Dynamic analysis.
- Dynamic optimization.

The updates in the new edition include:
- Enrichment of the material with new economic applications.
- A new chapter on optimal control theory.
- Revised exercises and problems for a better understanding of the theory.

Instructors are provided with access to the Instructor's Manual with the solutions to the book's exercises.