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Mathematical Finance

  • Provides a gentle introduction to the calculus and control for stochastic processes with jumps
  • Covers Lévy and affine processes as well as their applications in financial modelling
  • Compares and explains the rationale behind different valuation and hedging concepts

Part of the book series: Springer Finance (FINANCE)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Stochastic Calculus

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-3
    2. Discrete Stochastic Calculus

      • Ernst Eberlein, Jan Kallsen
      Pages 5-96
    3. Lévy Processes

      • Ernst Eberlein, Jan Kallsen
      Pages 97-169
    4. Stochastic Integration

      • Ernst Eberlein, Jan Kallsen
      Pages 171-248
    5. Semimartingale Characteristics

      • Ernst Eberlein, Jan Kallsen
      Pages 249-298
    6. Markov Processes

      • Ernst Eberlein, Jan Kallsen
      Pages 299-336
    7. Affine and Polynomial Processes

      • Ernst Eberlein, Jan Kallsen
      Pages 337-372
    8. Optimal Control

      • Ernst Eberlein, Jan Kallsen
      Pages 373-403
  3. Mathematical Finance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 405-408
    2. Equity Models

      • Ernst Eberlein, Jan Kallsen
      Pages 409-437
    3. Markets, Strategies, Arbitrage

      • Ernst Eberlein, Jan Kallsen
      Pages 439-459
    4. Optimal Investment

      • Ernst Eberlein, Jan Kallsen
      Pages 461-535
    5. Arbitrage-Based Valuation and Hedging of Derivatives

      • Ernst Eberlein, Jan Kallsen
      Pages 537-593
    6. Mean-Variance Hedging

      • Ernst Eberlein, Jan Kallsen
      Pages 595-615
    7. Utility-Based Valuation and Hedging of Derivatives

      • Ernst Eberlein, Jan Kallsen
      Pages 617-661
    8. Interest Rate Models

      • Ernst Eberlein, Jan Kallsen
      Pages 663-731
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 733-772

About this book

Taking continuous-time stochastic processes allowing for jumps as its starting and focal point, this book provides an accessible introduction to the stochastic calculus and control of semimartingales and explains the basic concepts of Mathematical Finance such as arbitrage theory, hedging, valuation principles, portfolio choice, and term structure modelling. It bridges thegap between introductory texts and the advanced literature in the field.

Most textbooks on the subject are limited to diffusion-type models which cannot easily account for sudden price movements. Such abrupt changes, however, can often be observed in real markets. At the same time, purely discontinuous processes lead to a much wider variety of flexible and tractable models. This explains why processes with jumps have become an established tool in the statistics and mathematics of finance.

Graduate students, researchers as well as practitioners will benefit from this monograph. 


Reviews

“This masterpiece on mathematical finance is written by two leading authorities in the field. It provides an excellent treatment of important topics in mathematical finance. … A nice feature of the monograph is that the intuitions and practical motivations of theories, methods and models are well explained. … Another nice feature of the monograph is that problems or exercises are provided in each of the chapters. A chapter-by-chapter review of the monograph is presented in the sequel.” (Tak Kuen Siu, zbMATH 1452.91001, 2021)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mathematical Stochastics, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

    Ernst Eberlein

  • Department of Mathematics, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany

    Jan Kallsen

About the authors

Ernst Eberlein is professor emeritus at the University of Freiburg. After studying mathematics and physics at the universities of Erlangen and Paris, he received a Dr. rer. nat. at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg and his habilitation in mathematics from ETH Zürich. For a period of ten years he served as Executive Secretary of the Bachelier Finance Society. From 2006 to 2013 he acted as co-editor of the journal Mathematical Finance.

Jan Kallsen is professor of mathematics at Kiel University. Having studied Mathematics and Physics in Kiel, Freiburg, Boston and Vienna, he received a Dr. rer. nat. and his habilitation from the University of Freiburg. Before coming to Kiel he held a position as professor of Mathematical Finance at the Technical University of Munich. 


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Softcover Book USD 99.99
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