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The basic rules of algebra are reviewed. The finite and infinite series, including the expansion of a function, are introduced and some applications to finance and economics are discussed.
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The Taylors series is given by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squareroot.
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A transcendental number is not the roote of any polynomial.
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For more than one commodity, the maximization becomes a nontrivial problem; we will return to this later.
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Sukuks based on payments coming from rental incomes have fixed coupons equal to the rental payments.
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Baaquie, B.E. (2020). Series and Functions. In: Mathematical Methods and Quantum Mathematics for Economics and Finance. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6611-0_1
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