1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910955130303321

Autore

Černý Aleš <1971->

Titolo

Mathematical techniques in finance : tools for incomplete markets / / Ales Cerny

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton [N.J.], : Princeton University Press, 2009

ISBN

9786612608148

9781282608146

1282608142

9781400831487

1400831482

9780691141213

0691141215

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (412 p.)

Disciplina

332.015195

Soggetti

Finance - Mathematical models

Risk management - Mathematical models

Derivative securities - Mathematics

Pricing - Mathematical models

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The simplest model of financial markets -- pt. 2. Arbitrage and pricing in the one-period model -- pt. 3. Risk and return in the one-period model -- pt. 4. Numerical techniques for optimal portfolio selection in incomplete markets -- pt. 5. Pricing in dynamically complete markets -- pt. 6. Towards a continuous time -- pt. 7. Fast fourier transform.

Sommario/riassunto

Originally published in 2003, Mathematical Techniques in Finance has become a standard textbook for master's-level finance courses containing a significant quantitative element while also being suitable for finance PhD students. This fully revised second edition continues to offer a carefully crafted blend of numerical applications and theoretical grounding in economics, finance, and mathematics, and provides plenty of opportunities for students to practice applied mathematics



and cutting-edge finance. Ales Cerný mixes tools from calculus, linear algebra, probability theory, numerical mathematics, and programming to analyze in an accessible way some of the most intriguing problems in financial economics. The textbook is the perfect hands-on introduction to asset pricing, optimal portfolio selection, risk measurement, and investment evaluation. The new edition includes the most recent research in the area of incomplete markets and unhedgeable risks, adds a chapter on finite difference methods, and thoroughly updates all bibliographic references. Eighty figures, over seventy examples, twenty-five simple ready-to-run computer programs, and several spreadsheets enhance the learning experience. All computer codes have been rewritten using MATLAB and online supplementary materials have been completely updated. A standard textbook for graduate finance courses Introduction to asset pricing, portfolio selection, risk measurement, and investment evaluation Detailed examples and MATLAB codes integrated throughout the text Exercises and summaries of main points conclude each chapter

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910973311803321

Autore

Sundquist Eric J

Titolo

King's dream / / Eric J. Sundquist

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2009

ISBN

9786612351730

9786612088643

9780300142440

0300142447

9781282351738

1282351737

9781282088641

1282088645

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Collana

Icons of America

Disciplina

323.092

Soggetti

African Americans - Civil rights - History

Civil rights movements - United States - History

Equality - United States - History

United States Race relations

Southern States Race relations



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Series from jacket.

"A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-275) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- One. Dreamer-1963 -- Two. Freedom Now! -- Three. Soul Force -- Four. Lincoln's Shadow -- Five. Whose Country 'Tis of Thee? -- Six. Not by the Color of Their Skin -- Appendix. Martin Luther King, Jr., "I Have a Dream" -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Includes the entire text of "I Have A Dream""I have a dream"-no words are more widely recognized, or more often repeated, than those called out from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial by Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1963. King's speech, elegantly structured and commanding in tone, has become shorthand not only for his own life but for the entire civil rights movement. In this new exploration of the "I have a dream" speech, Eric J. Sundquist places it in the history of American debates about racial justice-debates as old as the nation itself-and demonstrates how the speech, an exultant blend of grand poetry and powerful elocution, perfectly expressed the story of African American freedom. This book is the first to set King's speech within the cultural and rhetorical traditions on which the civil rights leader drew in crafting his oratory, as well as its essential historical contexts, from the early days of the republic through present-day Supreme Court rulings. At a time when the meaning of the speech has been obscured by its appropriation for every conceivable cause, Sundquist clarifies the transformative power of King's "Second Emancipation Proclamation" and its continuing relevance for contemporary arguments about equality.