Introduction to financial mathematics
Material type: TextSeries: Advances in applied mathematicsPublication details: UK CRC press 2016Description: xii, 407 p. HBISBN:- 978-1498723909
- 332.0151 HAS
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books | H.T. Parekh Library | GSB Collection | 332.0151 HAS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | B2339 |
SRS GBP63.99
• Theory of Interest
• Bonds
• Discrete Probability for Finance
• Portfolio Theory
• Valuation of Derivatives
Introduction to Financial Mathematics is ideal for an introductory undergraduate course. Unlike most textbooks aimed at more advanced courses, the text motivates students through a discussion of personal finances and portfolio management. The author then goes on to cover valuation of financial derivatives in discrete time, using all of closed form, recursive, and simulation methods.
The text covers nearly all of the syllabus topics of the Financial Mathematics Actuarial examination, providing students with the foundation they require for future studies and throughout their careers. It begins by covering standard material on the mathematics of interest, including compound interest, present value, annuities, loans, several versions of the rate of return on an investment, and interest in continuous time.
The text explains how to value bonds at their issue dates, at coupon times, between coupon times, and in cases where the bonds are terminated early. Next, it supplies a rapid-fire overview of the main ideas and techniques of discrete probability, including sample spaces and probability measures, random variables and distributions, expectation, conditional probability, and independence.
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