Quantitative finance is a field that has risen to prominence over the last few decades. It encompasses the complex models and calculations that value financial contracts, particularly those which reference events in the future, and apply probabilities to these events. While adding greatly to the fle...

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1. Verfasser:	James, Jessica 1968- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Bristol IOP Publishing 2017
Schriftenreihe:	Physics world discovery
Schlagworte:	Finanzmathematik
Online-Zugang:	kostenfrei
Zusammenfassung:	Quantitative finance is a field that has risen to prominence over the last few decades. It encompasses the complex models and calculations that value financial contracts, particularly those which reference events in the future, and apply probabilities to these events. While adding greatly to the flexibility of the market available to corporations and investors, it has also been blamed for worsening the impact of financial crises. But what exactly does quantitative finance encompass, and where did these ideas and models originate? We show that the mathematics behind finance and behind games of chance have tracked each other closely over the centuries and that many well-known physicists and mathematicians have contributed to the field.
Beschreibung:	Titelzusatz auf dem Umschlag: Jessica James describes the development of the mathematics of finance and the contributions that physicists have made to it
Beschreibung:	1 Online Ressource (x, 17 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:	9780750313681
DOI:	10.1088/978-0-7503-1368-1