MATH/STAT 519 - Stochastic Processes - SPRING 2011

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The course will give a comprehensive introduction to financial mathematics based on stochastic differential equations driven by Brownian motion. It will develop the theory of SDE and stochastic integration, thus gives an introduction to these subjects at the same time.
Special Topics in Finance:
Binomial model, portfolio dynamics, arbitrage pricing, Black-Scholes formula, incomplete markets derivatives and options, LIBOR and swap markets.
Special topics in SDE:
Brownian motion, martingales, stopping times, stochastic integration, Ito formula, Girsanov's theorem, stochastic differential equations, martingale measures.


Literature: Tomas Björk: Arbitrage Theory in Continuous Time. 3rd Edition. Oxford University Press 2009. Price: $37 and up

Bernd Oksendahl:Stochastic differential equations. Springer 1998. Price: $25 and up

Prerequisites: Probability Theory as described in MATH 517 or 518.




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