Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. CONTENIDO: Introduction. Economizing and the Economy -- Static Optimization. The Mathematical Programming Problem -- Classical Programming -- Nonlinear Programming -- Linear Programming -- Game Theory -- Applications of Static Optimization. Theory of the Household -- Theory of the Firm -- General Equilibrium -- Welfare Economics -- Dynamic Optimization. The Control Problem -- Calculus of Variations -- Dynamic Programming -- Maximum Principle -- Differential Games -- Applications of Dynamic Optimization. Optimal Economic Growth -- Appendix A: Analysis -- Appendix B: Matrices.