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MATH-605 Introduction to Financial Mathematics

MATH-605 Introduction to Financial Mathematics
Spring only
Faculty:
  • Shaw, Ken
  • This is a course on mathematical finance, emphasizing mathematical models and techniques for pricing financial derivative instruments. Financial markets of stocks, bonds, futures and options; present value analysis; Brownian motion and Ito's formula; option pricing with random walk models, partial differential equations (Black-Scholes), and binomial trees.

    Spring semester.
    Credits: 3
    Prerequisites: Multivariable Calculus (MATH-137), Linear Algebra (MATH-150)
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