Mathematics for Finance (9cfu-63 hours)

Instructors: Paolo Ghirardato and Bertrand Lods


NEWS:


SYLLABUS: This is an introductory course to the Theory of Probability and Stochastic Processes, with emphasis on their applications to investment and insurance decisions.

The course is divided in two parts:

Part 1: Measure, Probability and basics of decision making (Ghirardato and Lods)

Part 2: Stochastic Processes (Lods)

The following are the required textbooks for the course:

EXERCISES: The following exercises are very important as practice and verification of your understanding of the course material:

PAST EXAMS: These are some past exams of this course (please, be warned that these exams are for the 84-hour version of the course, so they cover material -in particular Ito calculus- that is not currently covered):

CONTACTS
paolo.ghirardato at unito.it
bertrand.lod at unito.it


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Created: 09/10/09. Last revised: 16/01/15