ECON6067 Computation and Analysis of Economic Data

Problem Set 1
Karen Xiaoting Mai

1. Find the limit

2x2 + 3x + 2
lim
x→∞ 5x2 + x

2. Find the first derivative of

 
f (x) = loga 2x2 + 6x + 1

3. Find the Taylor series for

x
f (x) =
1+x
with x0 = 2 and n = 2.

4. If a differentiable function f (x) is concave, it satisfies

f (x2 ) ≤ f (x1 ) + f ′ (x1 ) (x2 − x1 )

for all x1 and x2 . Prove that if f ′ (x0 ) = 0, then x0 is a maximum of the function.