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Probability Theory in Finance: A Mathematical Guide to the Black-Scholes Formula, Second Edition
 
Seán Dineen University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Probability Theory in Finance
Hardcover ISBN:  978-0-8218-9490-3
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Probability Theory in Finance
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Probability Theory in Finance: A Mathematical Guide to the Black-Scholes Formula, Second Edition
Seán Dineen University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Hardcover ISBN:  978-0-8218-9490-3
Product Code:  GSM/70.R
List Price: $99.00
MAA Member Price: $89.10
AMS Member Price: $79.20
eBook ISBN:  978-1-4704-0942-5
Product Code:  GSM/70.R.E
List Price: $85.00
MAA Member Price: $76.50
AMS Member Price: $68.00
Hardcover ISBN:  978-0-8218-9490-3
eBook ISBN:  978-1-4704-0942-5
Product Code:  GSM/70.R.B
List Price: $184.00 $141.50
MAA Member Price: $165.60 $127.35
AMS Member Price: $147.20 $113.20
  • Book Details
     
     
    Graduate Studies in Mathematics
    Volume: 702013; 305 pp
    MSC: Primary 60; 91

    The use of the Black-Scholes model and formula is pervasive in financial markets. There are very few undergraduate textbooks available on the subject and, until now, almost none written by mathematicians. Based on a course given by the author, the goal of this book is to introduce advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students studying the mathematics of finance to the Black-Scholes formula. The author uses a first-principles approach, developing only the minimum background necessary to justify mathematical concepts and placing mathematical developments in context.

    The book skillfully draws the reader toward the art of thinking mathematically and then proceeds to lay the foundations in analysis and probability theory underlying modern financial mathematics. It rigorously reveals the mathematical secrets of topics such as abstract measure theory, conditional expectations, martingales, Wiener processes, the Itô calculus, and other ingredients of the Black-Scholes formula. In explaining these topics, the author uses examples drawn from the universe of finance. The book also contains many exercises, some included to clarify simple points of exposition, others to introduce new ideas and techniques, and a few containing relatively deep mathematical results.

    The second edition contains numerous revisions and additional material designed to enhance the book's usability as a classroom text. These changes include insights gleaned by the author after teaching from the text, as well as comments and suggestions made by others who used the book. Whereas the revised edition maintains the original approach, format, and list of topics, most chapters are modified to some extent; in addition, the rearrangement of material resulted in a new chapter (Chapter 9).

    With the modest prerequisite of a first course in calculus, the book is suitable for undergraduates and graduate students in mathematics, finance, and economics and can be read, using appropriate selections, at a number of levels.

    Readership

    Undergraduate and graduate students interested in probability and financial mathematics.

  • Table of Contents
     
     
    • Chapters
    • Chapter 1. Money and markets
    • Chapter 2. Fair games
    • Chapter 3. Set theory
    • Chapter 4. Measurable functions
    • Chapter 5. Probability spaces
    • Chapter 6. Expected values
    • Chapter 7. Continuity and integrability
    • Chapter 8. Conditional expectation
    • Chapter 9. Lebesgue measure
    • Chapter 10. Martingales
    • Chapter 11. The Black-Scholes formula
    • Chapter 12. Stochastic integration
    • Solutions
  • Additional Material
     
     
  • Reviews
     
     
    • Dineen is doing something valuable by trying to find ways to communicate mathematics in a serious way to an audience that often gets little more than recipes and rules. It's a project definitely worth supporting.

      MAA Reviews
    • In addition to the usual improvements in response to comments and suggestions, the new edition reflects the experience of teaching real analysis. ... Dineen is doing something valuable by trying to find ways to communicate mathematics in a serious way to an audience that often gets little more than recipes and rules. It's a project definitely worth supporting.

      Fernando Q. Gouvêa, MAA Reviews
    • From reviews for the First Edition:

      This book provides a thorough presentation of the mathematics behind the derivatives pricing formula. It is written for mathematicians as well as finance students or professionals ... very lucid ... an excellent choice for graduate students in mathematical finance as well as practitioners with the required background.

      Ita Cirovic Donev, MAA Reviews
    • A neatly and lively written text that may be warmly recommended to undergraduates and graduate students in mathematics and finance.

      EMS Newsletter
    • The author has done a very good job presenting the abstract probability theory needed to understand the derivation of the Black-Scholes formula, as well as the intuitive ideas, often simple, behind it. By starting with simple models in which the financial principles used can be clearly seen and then building smoothly toward the more complex model used in the Black-Scholes formula, the author allows the reader to appreciate the financial principles used even in the more complex settings. Furthermore, the exercises included after each chapter help the reader understand the material presented. ... Finally, the many historical footnotes often add insight and help bring the mathematics to life.

      Errol Caby, AT&T Laboratories
    • For budding financial engineers, this is an outstanding introduction to the mathematics that underlies derivatives pricing theory. ... It also offers plenty of exercises that will help you build mastery.

      Dineen won an award (Best Books of 2006) for providing a treatment of finanical engineering math that is simultaneously accessible and rigorous.

      Glyn Holton, founder Contingency Analysis and Riskbook.com
    • ... an excellent choice ... This book provides a thorough presentation of the mathematics behind the derivatives pricing formula. It is written for mathematicians as well as finance students or professionals.

      MAA Reviews
    • ... one of the author's aims is to entice the students by the beauty of mathematics, which he illustrates very well. If a course instructor teaching from the book succeeds in this, my guess is that the course will be a great success.

      It outshines most of its competitors ... variety of nice exercises and solutions ...

      Mathematical Reviews
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Volume: 702013; 305 pp
MSC: Primary 60; 91

The use of the Black-Scholes model and formula is pervasive in financial markets. There are very few undergraduate textbooks available on the subject and, until now, almost none written by mathematicians. Based on a course given by the author, the goal of this book is to introduce advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students studying the mathematics of finance to the Black-Scholes formula. The author uses a first-principles approach, developing only the minimum background necessary to justify mathematical concepts and placing mathematical developments in context.

The book skillfully draws the reader toward the art of thinking mathematically and then proceeds to lay the foundations in analysis and probability theory underlying modern financial mathematics. It rigorously reveals the mathematical secrets of topics such as abstract measure theory, conditional expectations, martingales, Wiener processes, the Itô calculus, and other ingredients of the Black-Scholes formula. In explaining these topics, the author uses examples drawn from the universe of finance. The book also contains many exercises, some included to clarify simple points of exposition, others to introduce new ideas and techniques, and a few containing relatively deep mathematical results.

The second edition contains numerous revisions and additional material designed to enhance the book's usability as a classroom text. These changes include insights gleaned by the author after teaching from the text, as well as comments and suggestions made by others who used the book. Whereas the revised edition maintains the original approach, format, and list of topics, most chapters are modified to some extent; in addition, the rearrangement of material resulted in a new chapter (Chapter 9).

With the modest prerequisite of a first course in calculus, the book is suitable for undergraduates and graduate students in mathematics, finance, and economics and can be read, using appropriate selections, at a number of levels.

Readership

Undergraduate and graduate students interested in probability and financial mathematics.

  • Chapters
  • Chapter 1. Money and markets
  • Chapter 2. Fair games
  • Chapter 3. Set theory
  • Chapter 4. Measurable functions
  • Chapter 5. Probability spaces
  • Chapter 6. Expected values
  • Chapter 7. Continuity and integrability
  • Chapter 8. Conditional expectation
  • Chapter 9. Lebesgue measure
  • Chapter 10. Martingales
  • Chapter 11. The Black-Scholes formula
  • Chapter 12. Stochastic integration
  • Solutions
  • Dineen is doing something valuable by trying to find ways to communicate mathematics in a serious way to an audience that often gets little more than recipes and rules. It's a project definitely worth supporting.

    MAA Reviews
  • In addition to the usual improvements in response to comments and suggestions, the new edition reflects the experience of teaching real analysis. ... Dineen is doing something valuable by trying to find ways to communicate mathematics in a serious way to an audience that often gets little more than recipes and rules. It's a project definitely worth supporting.

    Fernando Q. Gouvêa, MAA Reviews
  • From reviews for the First Edition:

    This book provides a thorough presentation of the mathematics behind the derivatives pricing formula. It is written for mathematicians as well as finance students or professionals ... very lucid ... an excellent choice for graduate students in mathematical finance as well as practitioners with the required background.

    Ita Cirovic Donev, MAA Reviews
  • A neatly and lively written text that may be warmly recommended to undergraduates and graduate students in mathematics and finance.

    EMS Newsletter
  • The author has done a very good job presenting the abstract probability theory needed to understand the derivation of the Black-Scholes formula, as well as the intuitive ideas, often simple, behind it. By starting with simple models in which the financial principles used can be clearly seen and then building smoothly toward the more complex model used in the Black-Scholes formula, the author allows the reader to appreciate the financial principles used even in the more complex settings. Furthermore, the exercises included after each chapter help the reader understand the material presented. ... Finally, the many historical footnotes often add insight and help bring the mathematics to life.

    Errol Caby, AT&T Laboratories
  • For budding financial engineers, this is an outstanding introduction to the mathematics that underlies derivatives pricing theory. ... It also offers plenty of exercises that will help you build mastery.

    Dineen won an award (Best Books of 2006) for providing a treatment of finanical engineering math that is simultaneously accessible and rigorous.

    Glyn Holton, founder Contingency Analysis and Riskbook.com
  • ... an excellent choice ... This book provides a thorough presentation of the mathematics behind the derivatives pricing formula. It is written for mathematicians as well as finance students or professionals.

    MAA Reviews
  • ... one of the author's aims is to entice the students by the beauty of mathematics, which he illustrates very well. If a course instructor teaching from the book succeeds in this, my guess is that the course will be a great success.

    It outshines most of its competitors ... variety of nice exercises and solutions ...

    Mathematical Reviews
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