Logic for Economists

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Free Online Course: Logic for Economists provided by Coursera is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 2 weeks long, 7-8 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from Coursera. Logic for Economists is taught by Florian.

Overview
  • 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

Syllabus
    • Introduction
      • Overview and motivation of the topics to be treated in the course
    • Propositional logic
      • Logical propositions and the rules that govern them.
    • Predicate logic, set theory, and functions
      • Logical statements that depend on a variable.
    • Numbers
    • Proofs
    • Final test