Mathematics
MATH4853 | Mathematics for Financial Derivatives (A) | 3 ch (3C) |
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Basics of options, futures, and other derivative securities. Introduction to Arbitrage. Brief introduction to partial differential equations. Stochastic calculus and Ito's Lemma. Option pricing using the Black-Scholes model. Put-call parity and Hedging. Pricing of European and American call and put options. Numerical methods for the Black-Scholes model: binary trees, moving boundary problems, and linear complementarity. The barrier, and other exotic options. Prerequisites: CS 1073 or experience with a computer programming language, and either MATH 3503 and STAT 2593, or MATH 2013, MATH 2213, and STAT 3083. |