Topological analysis of bitcoin's lightning network -- Token locking for governance -- Collusion attack from hubs in the blockchain offline channel network -- Sharing of encrypted files in block chain made simpler -- Digital currencies: A multivariate GARCH approach -- Compact storage of...

This book operationalizes the idea of political representation, which is fundamental to modern democracies. Both individual representatives and representative bodies are evaluated using the indices of popularity (the average percentage of the population whose opinion is represented on topical...

1. Introduction to R -- 2. Linear Algebra -- 3. Functions of one variable -- 4. Dierential Calculus -- 5. Integral Calculus -- 6. Multivariable Calculus -- 7. Constrained Optimization -- 8. Trigonometry -- 9. Complex numbers -- 10. Difference equations -- 11. Differential equations.

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Financial Networks in the Presence of a Dominant Agent -- Chapter 3: Exchange-Traded Products as a Source of Network Risk -- Chapter 4: The VIX “Volmaggedon”, with Exchange-Traded Notes Destabilizing the Market -- Chapter 5: Liquidity Fissures in the...

Given the rapid pace of development in economics and finance, a concise and up-to-date introduction to mathematical methods has become a prerequisite for all graduate students, even those not specializing in quantitative finance. This book offers an introductory text on mathematical methods for...

Introduction to the volume by Alan Kirman -- Part I Finitary methods of statistical equilibrium -- 1.Enrico Scalas, University of Sussex, “Continuum and thermodynamic limits for a wealth -- distribution stylised model” -- 2. Doyn Farmer Oxford University, Mauro Galegatti, Corrado di Guilumi...

Preface -- 1 Ranking -- 2 Online Learning -- 3 Recommendation Systems -- 4 Classification -- 5 Clustering -- 6 Linear Regression -- 7 Sparse Recovery -- 8 Neural Networks -- 9 Decision Trees -- 10 Solutions.

Mathematical Signs and Symbols -- Logic -- Arithmetic -- Algebra -- Linear Algebra -- Combinatorics -- Financial Mathematics -- Optimisation of Linear Models -- Functions -- Differential Calculus -- Integral Calculus -- Elasticities -- Economic Functions -- The Peren Theorem – The Mathematical...

Part I: Income Taxes, Lottery, and Lion Hunting—Elementary Mathematics -- 1. “We Take over Your VAT!” How Big Is the Actual Discount? -- 2. Millions Every Week, but Not for Me. Six Numbers in the Lottery -- 3. Where Did My Money Go? Loss Compensation After a Price Drop -- 4. How Do You...