Introduction to Financial Mathematics

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.

Kevin Hastings is Professor of Mathematics; Rothwell C. Stephens Distinguished Service Chair at Knox College. He holds a Ph.D. from Northwestern University. His interests include applications to real-world problems affected by random inputs or disturbances. He is the author of three other books for CRC Press: Introduction to Probability with Mathematica, 2nd ed., Chapman and Hall/CRC Press, 2009; Introduction to the Mathematics of Operations Research with Mathematica, 2nd edition, Taylor & Francis 2006; and Introduction to Probability with Mathematica, CRC Press/Chapman and Hall, 2000.