Back in the good old days on the fourth floor of the Altbau of Bonn's Ju ridicum, Werner Hildenbrand put an end to a debate about a festschrift in honor of an economist on the occasion of his turning 60 with a laconic: "Much too early." Remembering his position five years ago, we did not dare to think about one for him. But now he has turned 65. If consulted, he would most likely still answer: "Much too early." However, he has to take his official re tirement, and we believe that this is the right moment for such an endeavor. No doubt Werner Hildenbrand will not really retire. As professor...

Back in the good old days on the fourth floor of the Altbau of Bonn's Ju ridicum, Werner Hildenbrand put an end to a debate about a festschrift in honor of an economist on the occasion of his turning 60 with a laconic: "Much too early." Remembering his position five years ago, we did not dare to think about one for him. But now he has turned 65. If consulted, he would most likely still answer: "Much too early." However, he has to take his official re tirement, and we believe that this is the right moment for such an endeavor. No doubt Werner Hildenbrand will not really retire. As professor...

Dieses Buch legt die wichtigsten vor einem Studium der Wirtschaftswissenschaften erforderlichen Kenntnisse der Schulmathematik dar und liefert die Grundlage fur einen mathematischen Vorkurs, wie er an wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Universitaten ublich ist. Neben Grundbegriffen der elementaren Mengenlehre und der Differential- und Integralrechung geht es unter anderem auch auf die naturlichen, ganzen, rationalen und reellen Zahlen ein. Struktureigenschaften fur Abbildungen werden in abnehmender Restriktion eingefuhrt: Linearitat, Differenzierbarkeit, Stetigkeit, Integrierbarkeit. In einem...