Financial mathematics: comprehensive treatment in discrete time
- 2nd
- Boco Raton CRC Press 2021
- xxii, 567 p.
Table of Contents List of Figures and Tables
Preface
I Introduction to Pricing and Management of Financial Securities
1 Mathematics of Compounding 2 Primer on Pricing Risky Securities
3 Portfolio Management
4 Primer on Derivative Securities
II Discrete-Time Modelling
5 Single-Period Arrow–Debreu Models
6 Introduction to Discrete-Time Stochastic Calculus
7 Replication and Pricing in the Binomial Tree Model
8 General Multi-Asset Multi-Period Model
Appendices
A Elementary Probability Theory
B Glossary of Symbols and Abbreviations
C Answers and Hints to Exercises
References
Index
The book has been tested and refined through years of classroom teaching experience. With an abundance of examples, problems, and fully worked out solutions, the text introduces the financial theory and relevant mathematical methods in a mathematically rigorous yet engaging way.
This textbook provides complete coverage of discrete-time financial models that form the cornerstones of financial derivative pricing theory. Unlike similar texts in the field, this one presents multiple problem-solving approaches, linking related comprehensive techniques for pricing different types of financial derivatives.