UMKC Department of Mathematics and Statistics

MATH 5590 - Special Topics - Mathematical Finance I
(3 Credit Hours)

Prerequisites: Offered: Fall and Winter.

Text: Current Mathematics Textbooks


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Course Description: This course contains discrete-time and continuous-time asset pricing models for Financial Derivatives including European option, American option and other exotic options. For discrete-time models, The Cox-Ross-Rubinstein Model (or Binomial model) will be discussed. For continuous-time models, Black-Scholes Model will be discussed. The basic financial theory behind them is not arbitrary, and will be defined mathematically. The tool will be probability theory, especially, martingale theory of discrete-time and continuous time.

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Degrees requiring this course This course is prerequisite to the following courses:

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