ECON2125/6012

Course title: Optimisation for Economics and Financial Economics

2025 Semester 1

Lectures and assessments

Week	Date	Topic	Notes
1	Feb 17	📖 Introduction: optimization in economics 📖 Logic and proofs
		🔬 Problem set alpha
2	Feb 24	📖 Revision of set theory 📖 Mappings and cardinality
		🔬 Problem set beta
3	March 3	📖 Sequences, limits and continuity 📖 Fundamentals of optimization
		🔬 Problem set gamma
😬	March 9	Online test (10%) link	30min, open book
4	Recorded	📖 Matrices and matrix arithmetic 📖 Multivariate calculus	March 10 = public holiday
		🔬 Problem set delta
5	March 17	📖 Vector spaces and linear operators
		🔬 Problem set epsilon
6	March 24	📖 Eigenpairs and diagonalization 📖 Quadratic forms
		🔬 Problem set zeta
😬	March 30	Online test (10%) link	30min, open book
🥳		Teaching break	2 weeks
7	April 14	📖 Unconstrained optimization
		🔬 Problem set eta
8	Recorded	📖 Convexity and uniqueness	Apr 21 = public holiday
		🔬 Problem set theta
😬	April 27	Online test (10%) link	30min, open book
9	April 28	📖 Constrained optimization
		🔬 Problem set iota
10	May 5	📖 Kuhn-Tucker conditions
		🔬 Problem set kappa
😬	May 11	Online test (10%) link	30min, open book
11	May 12	📖 Envelope theorem
		🔬 Problem set lambda
12	May 19	🛟 Revision
		🛟 Consultations
😎		Course project (15%)	recorded presentation
🤓		Final exam (45%)	3h, invigilated