Introductory courses

Mathematics An introductory course in Mathematics will be offered in September 2026 according to the timetable below; the instructor will be Domenico Menicucci. It will introduce basic notions about functions of one variable, such as the function's graph, domain, range, inverse, monotonicity, elementary functions, limits, continuity, differential calculus, maximization/minimization.

These notions will be useful for the courses of Mathematics for Economics and Mathematical Methods for Economic Analysis, as well as for any other course that relies on quantitative tools.

Timetable:

• Monday, Sept. 7, 2pm - 4pm, room D4/006;
• Tuesday, Sept. 8, 11.30am - 1.30pm, room D4/106;
• Wednesday, Sept. 9, 11.30am - 1.30pm, room D6/004;
• Thursday, Sept. 10, 3pm - 5pm, room D5/113.

Statistics An introductory course in Statistics will be offered in September 2026 according to the timetable below; the instructor will be Alberto Cassese. It will introduce basic definitions, fundamental theorems and formulas of probability theory.

These notions will be useful for the courses Statistical Inference, Measurement and Causes of Poverty, and for each econometrics course.

Timetable:

• Monday, Sept. 7, 10am - 1pm, room D6/105;
• Tuesday, Sept. 8, 9am - 11am, room D4/113;
• Wednesday, Sept. 9, 9am - 11am, room D4/113;
• Thursday, Sept. 10, 11am - 2pm, room D6/105.