Lecture: Discrete Time Finance (MA3701)

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Rudi Zagst
Tutor: Jan-Frederik Mai
Area / Modul: Financial Mathematics / MA3701
Hours: Lecture 2 h
Exercise 1 h
Lecture: Thursdays, 8:30 – 10:00, MI HS 3
Exercises: TBA
Audience: Diploma Finanz- und Wirtschaftsmathematik
Master Mathematics in Finance and Actuarial Science
Continuation: Continuous Time Finance (next term)
Recommendation: For lectures and focus on financial mathematics
Content:
  • Single-Period Financial Markets
  • Multi-Period Financial Markets
  • No Arbitrage and Completeness
  • The Binomial Model
  • Pricing and Heding of Contigent Claims
  • Certificate: Credit points after successful participation in the exam (45-60 minutes), 4 CP
    Skriptum: Yes
    Literature:
  • S.R. Pliska: "Introduction to Mathematical Finance: Discrete Time Models", Blackwell Publishers Inc., 2000
  • S.E. Shreve: "Stochastic calculus for Finance I: The Binomial Asset Pricing Model", Springer Finance, 2004
  • N.H. Bingham and R. Kiesel: "Risk-Neutral Valuation: Pricing and Hedging Financial Derivatives", Springer Finance, 2004
  • J.C. Hull: "Options, Futures and Other Derivatives", Prentice-Hall, 2008
  • P. Wilmott: "Quantitative Finance", John Wiley & Sons, 2001

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