The Mathematics of Financial Derivatives: A Student Introduction

Finance is one of the fastest growing areas in the modern banking and corporate world. This, together with the sophistication of modern financial products, provides a rapidly growing impetus for new mathematical models and modern mathematical methods. Indeed, the area is an expanding source for novel and relevant "real-world" mathematics. In this book, the authors describe the modeling of financial derivative products from an applied mathematician's viewpoint, from modeling to analysis to elementary computation. The authors present a unified approach to modeling derivative products as partial differential equations, using numerical solutions where appropriate. The authors assume some mathematical background, but provide clear explanations for material beyond elementary calculus, probability, and algebra. This volume will become the standard introduction for advanced undergraduate students to this exciting new field. more

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1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-18-2008; can' classify this book; This book is awkwardly written. Quite summarised, the approach used for discussing the PDEs is not familiar - see other reviews. The book as a whole doesn't fill any gab, e.g. it is not a mathematical finance book, definitely not., see...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-10-2008; Easy to read, very comprehensive.; I bought this book to learn about financial derivatives by myself. It is very easy to read for a first timer, no prior knowledge is required. It is also very comprehensive in its coverage of the subject. Overall it is a very good...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-23-2007; Not bad... but there is much better out there; Wilmott's book was one of the first to tackle options pricing from a PDE point of view. The original book (now out of print) was a little more detailed and later superseded by this cheaper "Student Edition" overview on one hand and the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-29-2007; Good Buy; maps one to one with many chapters in Hull. more elaborate derivations than Hull. Fixed income area treatment is very slim though. Good Buy for the Price.; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-10-2008; Easy to read, very comprehensive.; I bought this book to learn about financial derivatives by myself. It is very easy to read for a first timer, no prior knowledge is required. It is also very comprehensive in its coverage of the subject. Overall it is a very good...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-23-2007; Not bad... but there is much better out there; Wilmott's book was one of the first to tackle options pricing from a PDE point of view. The original book (now out of print) was a little more detailed and later superseded by this cheaper "Student Edition" overview on one hand and the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-18-2008; can' classify this book; This book is awkwardly written. Quite summarised, the approach used for discussing the PDEs is not familiar - see other reviews. The book as a whole doesn't fill any gab, e.g. it is not a mathematical finance book, definitely not., see...; read full review | report as inappropriate