Introduction to Financial Mathematics - Hardcover

by Kevin J. Hastings (Author)

The second edition of this successful and widely recognized textbook again focuses on discrete topics. The author recognizes two distinct paths of study and careers of actuarial science and financial engineering. This text can be very useful as a common core for both.

Author Biography

Kevin J. Hastings is emeritus professor of mathematics; Rothwell C. Stephens Distinguished Service Chair at Knox College. He holds a PhD from Northwestern University. His interests include applications to real-world problems affected by random inputs or disturbances. He is the author of Chapman & Hall/CRC books: Financial Mathematics: From Discrete to Continuous Time, 2022; Introduction to Probability with Mathematica(R), 2nd ed., 2019; and Introduction to the Mathematics of Operations Research with Mathematica(R), 2nd ed., 2019.