Financial Mathematics III
10 credits
Syllabus, Master's level, 1MA042
This course has been discontinued.
A revised version of the syllabus is available.
- Code
- 1MA042
- Education cycle
- Second cycle
- Main field(s) of study and in-depth level
- Mathematics A1F
- Grading system
- Fail (U), Pass (3), Pass with credit (4), Pass with distinction (5)
- Finalised by
- The Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 28 May 2013
- Responsible department
- Department of Mathematics
Entry requirements
120 credit points including Financial Mathematics II, Measure Theory and Stochastic Integration, Partial Differential Equations with Applications to Finance
Learning outcomes
In order to pass the course (grade 3) the student should be able to
- construct models for pricing advanced financial derivatives;
- price complex financial derivatives with risk neutral valuation using methods from the theory of parabolic partial differential equations;
- present advanced financial models and pricing to various users of financial instruments;
- use measure theory, e.g. Girsanov's theorem and martingale theory for financial modelling;
- use Levy processes for financial modelling;
- use free boundary problems, integro-differential equations and non-linear parabolic differential equations for financial modelling.
Content
Applications of measure theory and Girsanov’s theorem. Optimal stopping time problems and free boundary problems with applications to options of American type. Levy processes and parabolic integro-differential equations with applications to modelling with jump processes. Hedging and super-hedging. Exotic financial derivatives.
Instruction
Lectures and problem solving sessions.
Assessment
Written examination at the end of the course. Moreover, assignments during the course.