Some heterodox or Austrian people seem to believe in the stereotype of the "physics envy" mainstream economist. If you happen to fit that stereotype, then complex variable theory and differential geometry might help you with your guilty pleasure, physics reading.
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Math is important but take math in econ department.
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Posted 1 month ago #
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Man, there are so many people talking nonsense in this board that I sometimes wonder if we really have any graduate students besides me.
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complex analysis is useful for time series / macro.
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^^ You may be right. Personally, I am a bus driver.
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OP's original post contains one clearly idiotic statement: that if you want anything other than the five subjects he mentions you should get them out of the econ dept. Obvious utter stupidity. What he really means is that anything other than his top five are useless in econ. This is clearly wrong, with theory people being able to use further training in various areas such as diff eqs, differential topology, and some others, depending on their particular specialties. And of course anyone serious pursuing any sort of econometrics would be well advised to get some courses in the appropriate stats or math dept depending on their particular specialty. OP a moron.
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"^ no, it is not"
actually it is
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"4. Grad analysis might be unnecessary. I'd sooner recommend differential geometry or complex analysis."
If you guys want to go do mathematics then go to a maths program. Both diff geometry and complex analysis are utterly useless in econ. You should concentrate on your econ and stop trying to be a mathematician.
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^says the person who is too lazy to educate himself in mathematics
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f you guys want to go do mathematics then go to a maths program. Both diff geometry and complex analysis are utterly useless in econ. You should concentrate on your econ and stop trying to be a mathematician.
---------You are absolutely correct!
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says the person who is too lazy to educate himself in mathematics
----It is a matter of rate of return, which is low for some math courses.
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