Math 174: Mathematics of Finance
Catalog Description
    174. Mathematics of Finance. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Prerequisites: course 33A, Economics 11, Statistics 154A/110A or equivalent background in calculus-based probability. Modeling, mathematics and computation for financial securities. Price of risk. Random walk models for stocks and interest rates. No-arbitrage theory for pricing derivative securities; Black-Scholes theory. European and American options. Monte Carlo, trees, and finite difference methods.
General Information
    In the past several decades mathematics has become an integral part of the financial industry.
    Math 174 has been developed by Russel Caflisch, in consultation with the Department of Economics. The initial offering was given by Caflisch in the Fall Quarter of 1997 with an enrollment of 29. The course is related to course Economics 103D, which was developed and taught Winter Quarter 1997 by William Zame. It is expected that further offerings on the mathematics of finance will be developed jointly by Mathematics and Economics, in which these two courses will play a role.
 

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