Courses

01:640:485 - Introduction to Mathematical Finance

General Information (Catalog listing)

Study of the mathematical theory and financial concepts used to model and analyze financial derivatives. Topics include martingales, Brownian motion, and stochastic differentials, with applications to discrete and continuous time stochastic models of asset prices, option pricing, the Black-Scholes pricing model, and hedging.

Prerequisites:

  • Linear algebra(01:640:250)
  • Differential Equations (01:640:244, 252, or 292)
  • Probability (01:640:477, 01:960:381, or 14:332:226)

Textbook

Textbook:  For current textbook please refer to our Master Textbook List page

Intro Math Finance (01: 640: 485, Fall 2017 )

Intro Math Finance (section 01)
Index Number: 07823
Credits: 3.00
Professor: PHAM,MINH
Schedule:
  • [L] Tue 6:40PM-8:00PM HLL-124 (BUS)
  • [L] Thu 6:40PM-8:00PM HLL-124 (BUS)

Schedule of Sections

 

Previous semesters

  • Fall 2008. Prof. Rodriguez
  • Ran as Math 495 prior to Fall 2008

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