Front Cover -- An Introduction to the Mathematics of Finance A Deterministic Approach -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 - Introduction -- 1.1 THE CONCEPT OF INTEREST -- 1.2 SIMPLE INTEREST -- 1.3 COMPOUND INTEREST -- 1.4 SOME PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATIONS -- SUMMARY --...

Preface -- 1. Working with numbers and equations -- 2. Working with automated functions in Excel -- 3. Working with data -- 4. Working with mathematical models -- 5. Working with personal planning over time -- Notes -- Index

This textbook, designed for a single semester course, begins with basic set theory, and moves briskly through fundamental, exponential, and logarithmic functions. Limits and derivatives finish the preparation for economic applications, which are introduced in chapters on univariate functions,...

An Introduction to the Mathematics of Finance provides a simple, nonmathematical introduction to the mathematics of finance. Topics discussed in this book include simple interest; compound interest-annual compounding; annuities-certain; use of compound interest; and sinking funds. The equations...