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Quantitative Finance for Physicists: An Introduction

By Anatoly B. Schmidt

Book information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2004
ISBN
012088464X, 9780120884643, 9781417577361
LCC
HG106 .S36 2005
Open Library ID
OL21100839M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2096845 bytes)
Series
Academic Press Advanced Finance
Pages
179\179
Topic
Economy
Library
mexmat
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11
Финансово-экономические дисциплины;Финансовая мате

Description

With more and more physicists and physics students exploring thepossibility of utilizing their advanced math skills for a career inthe finance industry, this much-needed book quickly introduces themto fundamental and advanced finance principles and methods.Quantitative Finance for Physicists provides a short, straightforwardintroduction for those who already have a background in physics. Findout how fractals, scaling, chaos, and other physics concepts areuseful in analyzing financial time series. Learn about key topics inquantitative finance such as option pricing, portfolio management,and risk measurement. This book provides the basic knowledge infinance required to enable readers with physics backgrounds to movesuccessfully into the financial industry.* Short, self-contained bookfor physicists to master basic concepts and quantitative methods offinance * Growing fieldmany physicists are moving into financepositions because of the high-level math required *Draws on theauthor's own experience as a physicist who moved into a financialanalyst position

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