Sunday, December 03, 2006

Impressive Math Lesson: A new way to multiply

It is hard to get away from Maths in economics. We get plenty of students saying that there is too much mathematics in economics but also a good number that want even more.

The video at the end of this link is pretty impressive - I had not seen this sort of thing before. A calculator is still quicker though.

Math Lesson: A new way to multiply

For 2 other "maths" related posts see the Greg Mankiw blog

Why Aspiring Economists Need Math

Which math courses?

The first post (and some of the comments) is worth reading to get an appreciation of how maths and economics are linked.