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𝑋 𝑋

𝑆 𝑇 𝑆 𝑇

𝑆∪𝑇 𝑆∩𝑇

𝑋 𝑋

𝑆 𝑆 𝑇

𝑆𝑐 𝑆∖𝑇

Figure 1.1: Venn diagrams

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2 (1,2)

1 (2,1)

1 2

Figure 1.2: The coordinate plane ℜ2

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𝑥2

𝑥1
𝑥
ˆ1

Figure 1.3: A consumption set with two commodities

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Relations

reflexive
transitive

Preorder

symmetric not symmetric

Equivalence induces ∼ Order


relation relation

antisymmetric complete

Partial Weak
order order

bounded complete
antisymmetric

Total order
Lattice
(Chain)

Figure 1.4: Types of relations

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1 2 3

Figure 1.5: A relation

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8 5 7

4 1 9

2 6 3

Figure 1.6: Integer multiples

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1 2 3

Figure 1.7: A simple lattice in ℜ2

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{a,b,c,d}

{a,b,c} {a,b,d} {a,c,d} {b,c,d}

{a,b} {a,c} {a,d} {b,c} {b,d} {c,d}

{a} {b} {c} {d}

{}

Figure 1.8: The lattice of subsets of a four element set

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1 2 3

Figure 1.9: A lattice which is not a sublattice

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3
𝑆2

1 𝑆3

𝑆1

1 2 3

Figure 1.10: The strong set order

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𝜌(𝑥, 𝑦)

𝜌(𝑦, 𝑧)

𝜌(𝑥, 𝑧)
𝑧

Figure 1.11: The triangle inequality

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𝑋
Neighbourhood
𝑆

r
𝑥0

Open ball

Figure 1.12: An open ball and its neighborhood

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𝜌2
𝜌1 𝜌∞

-1 0 1

-1

Figure 1.13: Unit balls in ℜ2

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𝑋
Boundary
𝑆 point

Interior
point

Figure 1.14: Interior and boundary points

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𝑆
1

(2,0)
1 2

Figure 1.15: The relative topology of the consumption set

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𝑆1 + 𝑆2

x1+x2

𝑆1

x1
x2

𝑆2

Figure 1.16: The sum of two sets

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𝛼x + (1 − 𝛼)y

Figure 1.17: The line through x and y

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Figure 1.18: An affine set in the plane

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𝛼 y

𝛼x + (1 − 𝛼)y

1−𝛼

Figure 1.19: The line joining two points

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Convex Nonconvex

Figure 1.20: Convex and nonconvex sets

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𝑥2
𝑥3

𝑥1
𝑥4
𝑥5

Figure 1.21: Two convex hulls

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None Finite Infinite

Figure 1.22: Sets with and without extreme points

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Extreme points

Face

Figure 1.23: Faces and extreme points

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c
c

Figure 1.24: A three dimensional cube.

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Polytope Simplex

Figure 1.25: A polytope and a simplex

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Δ1 Δ2 Δ3

Figure 1.26: Some simplices

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Agriculture

1879

1980
Manufacturing Services

Figure 1.27: Illustrating the changing sectoral distribution of employment in the US

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100 3

100
0

1 2
100

Figure 1.28: Outcomes in a three player cooperative game

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Paper

Rock Scissors

Figure 1.29: Mixed strategies in Rock-Scissors-Paper

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𝑥2 𝑥2 𝑥2

𝑥1 𝑥1 𝑥1

Figure 1.30: Some cones in ℜ2

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cone 𝑆

Figure 1.31: The conic hull of 𝑆

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cone 𝑆˜
S
1

𝑋
conv 𝑆

Figure 1.32: Caratheodory’s theorem for cones

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Figure 1.33: Invalid intersections of subsimplices

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Figure 1.34: A simplicial partition

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1 1 2 2 1 2

Figure 1.35: An admissibly labeled partition of a one dimensional simplex

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3 2

2 3
3
2
2
3 3
1 2

1 1 2 2 2

Figure 1.36: An admissibly labeled simplicial partition

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𝑥2

∥x∥2

𝑥1

Figure 1.37: The theorem of Pythagorus

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Δ1

Δ2

Figure 1.38: The relative interiors of Δ1 and Δ2

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𝑥2

𝐵(x, 𝑟)

x
z 2𝑟
y

𝑥1

Figure 1.39: Lexicographic preferences are not continuous

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𝑂2

Core
x∗

𝑂1

Figure 1.40: An Edgeworth box, illustrating an exchange economy with two traders
and two goods

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𝑋 𝑌

𝑥1
𝑦1

𝑥2 𝑦2

Figure 2.1: A function mapping 𝑋 to 𝑌

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𝑓 (𝑥)

𝑥2 𝑥3
6

𝑥
-4 -2 2 4

-2

-4

Figure 2.2: The functions 𝑓 (𝑥) = 𝑥2 and 𝑓 (𝑥) = 𝑥3

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𝑥2

𝑓 (𝑥1 , 𝑥2 )

(𝑥1 , 𝑥2 )

𝑥1

Figure 2.3: Rotation of a vector

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Demand curve
Price

𝑞
Quantity demanded

Figure 2.4: A downward sloping demand function

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-2 -1 1 2

Figure 2.5: The exponential function

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Total
Cost
𝑐ˆ(𝑦)

𝑦
Output

Figure 2.6: A total cost function

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𝑋 𝑌

𝑓 𝑦
𝑥

𝑓 (𝑋)

Figure 2.7: Illustrating a function from ℜ𝑛 → ℜ𝑚

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𝑥2

𝑥1

Figure 2.8: A function from ℜ2 → ℜ

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𝑓ˆ1 (𝑡)

Figure 2.9: A vertical cross section of Figure 2.8

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𝑥2

𝑥1

Figure 2.10: Horizontal cross-sections (contours) of Figure 2.8

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𝑥2

𝑥2
𝑥1
𝑥1
𝑓 (x) 𝑓 (x)

𝑥1 𝑡

Figure 2.11: A Cobb-Douglas function and three useful cross-sections

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𝑋 𝑌 𝑋 𝑌 𝑋 𝑌

Relation Function Correspondence

Figure 2.12: Comparing a relation, a correspondence and a function

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𝜑(𝑥0 )

𝑋
𝑥0

Figure 2.13: The graph of a correspondence

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log(𝑥)

𝑥
1

Figure 2.14: The log function

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𝑥2
𝑍

∼(x)

z x

𝑥1

Figure 2.15: Constructive proof of the existence of a utility function

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𝑌 𝑌

𝑋 𝑋
Increasing Always increasing

Figure 2.16: Monotone correspondences

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𝑥2

x1
x1 ∨ x2

x2

𝑥1
𝑋(p, 𝑚1 ) 𝑋(p, 𝑚2 )

Figure 2.17: The budget correspondence is not monotone

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𝑓 (𝑥, 𝑦)

𝑓 (𝑥2 , 𝑦)

𝑓 (𝑥1 , 𝑦)

Figure 2.18: A supermodular function displays increasing differences

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Figure 2.19: An upper semicontinuous function

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𝜑2 (𝑠1 ) 𝜑2 (𝑠2 ) 𝜑2 (𝑠3 )

𝑡1 𝑡2 𝑡3 𝑡4

Figure 2.20: The best response correspondence of Player 2

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𝜑(𝑥0 )

𝑋
𝑥0

Figure 2.21: 𝜑 is not uhc at 𝑥0

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𝜑(𝑥0 )

𝑋
𝑥0

Figure 2.22: 𝜑 is not lhc at 𝑥0

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𝑓 (𝑥)

𝑥1 𝑥2 𝑥3

Figure 2.23: A function with three fixed points

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[ ) [ ]
𝑥˜
𝑀

Figure 2.24: Illustrating the proof of the Tarksi theorem.

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𝑓 (𝑥)

0
0 1

Figure 2.25: Brouwer’s theorem in ℜ

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1 1

2 3
2
1
1 2

Figure 2.26: Illustrating an operator on the 2-dimensional simplex

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𝑓 (𝑥)

-1.5
𝑥

Figure 3.1: The graph of the affine function 𝑓 (𝑥) = 2𝑥 + 3

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𝑥2

𝑥1

Figure 3.2: A hyperplane in ℜ2

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𝑦2

𝑦1

Figure 3.3: Isoprofit lines

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x0
x
y

Figure 3.4: Minimum distance to a closed convex set

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Figure 3.5: The solutions of three equations in three unknowns

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2 3𝑥1 + 8𝑥2 = 12

2 4
3𝑥1 + 8𝑥2 ≤ 12

(a)
𝑥1 + 𝑥2 = 2 2𝑥1 = 3 𝑥1 + 𝑥2 = 2 2𝑥1 = 3
4 4

2 2
3𝑥1 + 8𝑥2 = 12 3𝑥1 + 8𝑥2 = 12
2 4 2 4

(b) (c)

Figure 3.6: Systems of inequalities

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Linear functions

𝑓 (𝛼x1 + (1 − 𝛼)x2 ) = 𝛼𝑓 (x1 ) + (1 − 𝛼)𝑓 (x2 )

implies implies

Additivity Homogeneity
𝑓 (x1 + x2 ) = 𝑓 (x1 ) + 𝑓 (x2 ) 𝑓 (𝛼x) = 𝛼𝑓 (x)

generalizes generalizes
to to

Concave functions Homogeneous functions


𝑓 (𝛼x1 + (1 − 𝛼)x2 ) ≤ 𝑓 (𝛼x) = 𝛼𝑘 𝑓 (x), 𝛼 > 0
𝛼𝑓 (x1 ) + (1 − 𝛼)𝑓 (x2 )
generalizes
generalizes
to
to

Quasiconcave functions Homothetic functions


𝑓 (𝛼x1 + (1 − 𝛼)x2 ) ≤ 𝑓 (x1 ) = 𝑓 (x2 ) =⇒
min{𝑓 (x1 ), 𝑓 (x2 )} 𝑓 (𝛼x1 ) = 𝑓 (𝛼x2 ), 𝛼 > 0

Figure 3.7: Generalizing linear functions

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𝑦 𝑦
𝑦 = 𝑥2 𝑦 = 𝑒𝑥

𝑥 𝑥

Figure 3.8: Two examples of convex functions

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𝑓 (x)

Epigraph

Figure 3.9: The epigraph of a convex function is a convex set

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Figure 3.10: A concave function

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𝑓 (𝑥)

𝑥2
1
𝑥− 2

1
𝑥2

𝑥
1

Figure 3.11: The power function 𝑥𝑎 for different values of 𝑎

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Figure 3.12: A bell

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𝑓 𝑔

Figure 3.13: The Cobb-Douglas function is quasiconcave

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𝑥
𝑦

Figure 3.14: A saddle point

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𝐻 𝐻 𝐻
𝑆 𝑆 𝐴

x0
𝐵

Bounding Supporting Separating

Figure 3.15: Bounding, separating and supporting hyperplanes

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𝐴 𝐵
𝐵

Separable Non separable

Figure 3.16: Convexity is the fundamental requirement for separation

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Fish caught (𝑞)

y∗
𝑞∗
Separating
A
hyperplane

24 ℎ∗
Time spent (ℎ)

Figure 3.17: Robinson’s choice of lifestyle

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Profit

Π(𝑝)

Subgradient

Figure 3.18: A subgradient of the profit function

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𝐻 𝐻
𝐵 𝐴

𝐴 𝐵

Improper separation Proper separation

𝐻 𝐻
𝐴 𝐴

𝐵 𝐵

Strict separation Strong separation

Figure 3.19: Various forms of separation

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𝑓 (x)

e0

𝑔(x)

Figure 3.20: The Fredholm alternative via separation

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Figure 3.21: Deriving the Hahn-Banach theorem

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Figure 3.22: Minkowski’s theorem

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𝑥2

20
𝐻(2,1) (11)
15 𝑉 (𝑦)

10
𝐻(1,2) (11)
5

𝑥1
5 10 15 20

Figure 3.23: Recovering the technology from the cost function

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𝑆 𝑆

𝑆 ∗∗

𝑆∗ 𝑆∗

Figure 3.24: Polar cones in ℜ2

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a1
𝐻a 2
a2

P
a3
0

𝐻a 1

Q
𝐻a 3
(a)
c a1 a1

a2 a2
𝐻c+ 𝐻a 1 c
P P
a3 a3
0 0

𝐻a 1 𝐻c+

Q Q
𝐻a 3 𝐻a 3
(b) (c)

Figure 3.25: The Farkas lemma

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a1

a2 a4
a1

a3

a4
x a3
a2

(a) (b)

Figure 3.26: Gordan’s Theorem

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Economics Finance
Second theorem
No arbitrage
of
theorem
welfare economics
Separating
hyperplane
theorem

Optimization Game Theory

Concave Minimax
programming theorem

Farkas
lemma

Kuhn-Tucker Bondareva-Shapley
theorem theorem

Duality theorem
of linear
programming Hahn
Banach Stochastic Processes
theorem
Stationary
distribution for
Markov chains

Figure 3.27: Applications of the separating hyperplane theorem

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𝑡2
4
𝑍
3

𝑡1 2 𝑡3

𝑡4
1

-1 1 2 3
-1
Supporting
-2 𝑡5 hyperplane

Figure 3.28: The feasible payoffs

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𝑔

1 2 3 4

Figure 4.1: The tangency of 𝑓 and 𝑔

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21

𝑥
1 2 3 4

Figure 4.2: 𝑓 and ℎ are not tangential

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𝑓
𝑔

Figure 4.3: The tangency of 𝑓 and 𝑔

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ℎ(𝑙)

𝑙
4 8

Figure 4.4: The restricted production function

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contour 𝑓 (x) = 𝑐

∇𝑓 (x0 )
tangent
hyperplane x0

Figure 4.5: A contour and its tangent hyperplane

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𝑓 (𝑥0 ) + 𝐷𝑓 [𝑥0 ](𝑥)

𝑓 (𝑥)

𝑓 (𝑥0 ) + 𝐷𝑓 [¯
𝑥](𝑥)

𝑥0 𝑥
¯ 𝑥0 + 𝑥

Figure 4.6: Illustrating the mean value theorem

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Weierstrass
theorem

Mean value
theorem

L’Hôpital’s Young’s
rule theorem

Taylor’s Inverse function


theorem theorem

Implicit function
theorem

Figure 4.7: Theorems for smooth functions

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𝑓 (x1 ) + 𝐷𝑓 [x1 ](x2 − x1 )

𝑓 (x1 ) + 𝐷𝑓 [x2 ](x2 − x1 )

x1 x2

Figure 4.8: The mean value inclusion theorem

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𝑓 (𝑥)
3 𝑓ˆ2
𝑓
𝑓2

2 𝑓1

𝑥
1

Figure 4.9: Approximating the exponential function

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𝑓 (𝑥) 𝑓

𝑓3
6
𝑓2

𝑥
1 2

Figure 4.10: Adding another term extends the range of useful approximation

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𝑓 (𝑥) 𝑓 (𝑥) 𝑓 (𝑥)

𝑥 𝑥 𝑥
Stationary Boundary Both
point point

Figure 5.1: A maximum must be either a stationary point or a boundary point or both

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1
1
0
0 𝑥2
𝑥1
-1

Figure 5.2: A saddle point

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Local
Saddle maximum
point

-1
0 2
𝑥1 1
1 0
-1 𝑥2

Figure 5.3: A local maximum which is not a global maximum

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𝑥2

Indifference curve

x∗

Budget line

𝑥1

Figure 5.4: Optimum consumption occurs where the indifference curve is tangential to
the budget line

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Optimum

1
2
1
0
0

Figure 5.5: The optimum is the highest point which is common to the objective surface
and the constraint

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𝑥2

𝑣2 > 𝑣1

x∗
𝑔(x) = 0
𝑓 (x) = 𝑣2
x̂ 𝑓 (x) = 𝑣1
𝑥1

Figure 5.6: Tangency between the constraint and the objective function

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∇𝑔 1 ∇𝑓 ∇𝑔 2

𝑔 2 (x) = 0 𝑔 1 (x) = 0

x

Figure 5.7: A problem with two constraints

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𝑥2

𝐷𝑔 1 (𝑥)

𝑥1
1

𝐷𝑔 2 (𝑥)

Figure 5.8: Kuhn and Tucker’s example

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x𝑘
x∗
𝑆

Figure 5.9: x𝑘 converges to x∗ from direction x

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Figure 5.10: Examples of the cone of tangents

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𝑧
𝑣(c)

𝑧∗

c
0

Figure 5.11: Concave programming

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𝑣(𝜃)
𝑓 (𝑥1 , 𝜃)

𝑓 (𝑥2 , 𝜃)

𝑓 (𝑥3 , 𝜃)

Figure 6.1: The value function is the upper envelope of the objective functions

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𝑣(𝜃)
1

𝜃
0.5 1

Figure 6.2: The value function is differentiable except at 𝜃 = 0.5

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