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Financial Mathematics Books

These financial mathematics books start with the basics: simple and compound interest, annuities, loans and bonds. Marcel Finan's course and the Exam FM study notes make this the right place to prepare for actuarial exams.

  • Mathematics of Finance

    A complete open textbook on simple and compound interest, annuities, loans, bonds and investment decisions. Every topic is solved twice, with the formula and with a financial calculator, plus hundreds of worked examples.

    Amir Tavangar

    Format: PDF 527 pages 20.66 MB
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  • A Basic Course in the Theory of Interest and Derivatives Markets

    A full course in the theory of interest built for the actuarial Exam FM, from compound interest and annuities to loans, bonds and yield rates. The last part covers derivatives markets, with hundreds of solved problems.

    Marcel B. Finan

    Format: PDF 648 pages 6.43 MB
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  • Financial Mathematics: A Practical Guide for Actuaries and Other Business Professionals

    Study notes for the actuarial Exam FM that walk through interest rates, annuities, loan amortization, bonds and yield curves. Each chapter pairs clear definitions with exercises and full solutions.

    Chris Ruckman, Joe Francis, Kevin Shand

    Format: PDF 181 pages 0.66 MB
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  • Financial Mathematics I

    University lecture notes on the time value of money, interest rates, discount factors, annuities and loans. They cover much of the actuarial CT1 syllabus with worked examples and a first look at simple financial instruments.

    Jitse Niesen

    Format: PDF 82 pages 0.42 MB
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  • Basics of Financial Mathematics

    A study guide to the quantitative analysis of financial deals: accumulation and discounting, yield of investment projects, risk-free securities and optimal portfolios of risky assets. Includes formulas, examples and practice tasks.

    A. A. Mitsel

    Format: PDF 146 pages 2.74 MB
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  • Actuarial Science: Financial Mathematics

    Course notes on effective and nominal interest rates, annuities, loan repayment and bonds, written for an actuarial science class. Each definition comes with a short solved example.

    California State University Long Beach

    Format: PDF 45 pages 0.23 MB
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  • Mathematics of Finance

    A compact unit on simple and compound interest, depreciation, present and future value and the main types of annuities. Short lessons with learning goals and solved examples make it a good first read.

    Bangladesh Open University

    Format: PDF 26 pages 0.22 MB
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  • An Overview of Financial Mathematics

    A quick overview of interest theory for students preparing the actuarial Exam FM. It summarizes interest, annuities, loans and bonds in a few pages, ideal for a last review before the test.

    William Benedict McCartney

    Format: PDF 14 pages 0.24 MB
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  • Applications of Geometric Sequences and Series to Financial Maths

    Shows how geometric sequences and series explain loans, mortgages, savings and investments, with the amortisation formula derived step by step. Packed with exam-style questions and full solutions.

    Project Maths

    Format: PDF 52 pages 1.28 MB
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  • Finance, Growth and Decay

    A school-level chapter on simple and compound interest, growth, decay and depreciation. Clear formulas and many practice exercises make it a gentle start before university material.

    Maths At Sharp

    Format: PDF 38 pages 0.89 MB
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Option Pricing Books

These mathematical finance notes show how to put a price on derivatives, from the binomial model to Black-Scholes. Each one walks through the math behind forwards, futures and options.

  • Introduction to Financial Mathematics: Concepts and Computational Methods

    An open textbook that builds option pricing from the binomial model to Black-Scholes, then shows how to compute prices with numerical methods. Includes exercises and computational examples throughout.

    Arash Fahim

    Format: PDF 290 pages 3.4 MB
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  • Financial Mathematics

    Lecture notes on financial derivatives: forwards, futures and options, payoff functions, the binomial tree and the Black-Scholes model. A rigorous and complete course for math students.

    I-Liang Chern

    Format: PDF 136 pages 0.76 MB
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  • Lecture Notes in Finance 2: Bonds, Options and Interest Rate Models

    Graduate lecture notes on interest rate calculations, bond portfolios, interest rate models, futures and options. They cover the binomial model, Black-Scholes, currency and interest rate options and volatility trading, with plenty of figures.

    Paul Söderlind

    Format: PDF 192 pages 2.1 MB
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  • Mathematical Finance Lecture Notes

    Lecture notes that introduce mathematical finance through the binomial model: portfolios, arbitrage, martingales and the pricing of contingent claims. They finish with the Black-Scholes formula as the limit of the discrete model.

    Clare Wallace, Durham University

    Format: PDF 48 pages 0.42 MB
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  • An Introduction to Financial Mathematics

    A short, readable introduction to how quants price derivatives. It explains arbitrage, the binomial model and the ideas behind Black-Scholes without heavy machinery.

    Sandeep Juneja

    Format: PDF 26 pages 0.71 MB
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  • A Short Introduction to Arbitrage Theory and Pricing in Mathematical Finance

    Master's level notes on no-arbitrage pricing in discrete time, including markets with transaction costs and other frictions. A concise path into the fundamental theorem of asset pricing.

    Emmanuel Lépinette

    Format: PDF 28 pages 0.55 MB
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  • Integration Theory in Financial Mathematics

    A short paper on how integration theory supports the pricing of options and other derivatives since the work of Black, Scholes and Merton. Useful for readers curious about the math under the pricing formulas.

    P. Muldowney, W. Wojdowski

    Format: PDF 13 pages 0.12 MB
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Stochastic Calculus Books

Stochastic processes drive modern financial models, and these books teach them from the ground up. You'll work through Brownian motion, martingales and Itô's formula.

  • Stochastic Calculus: An Introduction with Applications

    A clear introduction to stochastic calculus by a leading probabilist, from discrete martingales and Brownian motion to Itô's formula and stochastic differential equations. Examples from finance appear throughout, with exercises in every chapter.

    Gregory F. Lawler

    Format: PDF 261 pages 1.01 MB
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  • Lectures on Stochastic Calculus with Applications to Finance

    A course book that goes from option pricing basics to martingales, Brownian motion, Wiener and Itô integrals and Itô's formula. It ends by deriving and solving the Black-Scholes partial differential equation.

    Michael J. Kozdron

    Format: PDF 136 pages 0.59 MB
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  • Advanced Financial Mathematics: Lecture Notes

    Graduate lecture notes on continuous-time finance: options and arbitrage, the Black-Scholes model, stochastic integration and pricing in complete markets. A solid bridge between probability theory and financial models.

    Universität Münster

    Format: PDF 230 pages 1.54 MB
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  • Stochastic Calculus

    Lecture notes on Brownian motion, local martingales, Itô integration, Itô's formula and stochastic differential equations. Rigorous and compact, with pointers to the standard references.

    David Prömel, Mathias Trabs

    Format: PDF 71 pages 1.22 MB
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  • Lecture Notes on Stochastic Analysis for Finance

    Covers the core of stochastic analysis, including Itô's formula, martingale representation and Girsanov's theorem, then moves to stochastic differential equations and the Feynman-Kac formula. The final part applies these tools to quantitative finance.

    Melih İşeri

    Format: PDF 59 pages 1.07 MB
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Quantitative Finance Books

Quantitative finance turns formulas into working models, with code in Python, MATLAB, R and C++. These books cover portfolio theory, Monte Carlo methods and numerical pricing.

  • Portfolio Optimization: Theory and Application

    A comprehensive guide to portfolio design, from Markowitz mean-variance to risk parity, robust and drawdown portfolios, index tracking and pairs trading. It connects every formulation with practical numerical algorithms.

    Daniel P. Palomar

    Format: PDF 609 pages 23.62 MB
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  • Python Programming for Economics and Finance

    Learn Python for economic and financial modeling with NumPy, SciPy, pandas and Matplotlib. Written by Thomas Sargent and John Stachurski, with runnable code in every lecture.

    Thomas J. Sargent, John Stachurski

    Format: PDF 447 pages 11.35 MB
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  • An Introduction to Computational Finance Without Agonizing Pain

    A hands-on introduction to computational finance: Black-Scholes, Monte Carlo methods, the binomial model, discrete hedging and jump diffusion, explained with numerical experiments. Written for readers who want working methods, not only theory.

    Peter A. Forsyth

    Format: PDF 142 pages 1.87 MB
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  • Financial Numerical Recipes in C++

    A collection of C++ algorithms for finance: present value, bonds and term structure, mean-variance portfolios, binomial trees, Black-Scholes and Monte Carlo pricing. Each method comes with the formula and working code.

    Bernt Arne Ødegaard

    Format: PDF 266 pages 1.26 MB
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  • Mathematical Models in Portfolio Analysis

    Explains the mathematics behind portfolio analysis, from matrices and orthogonal projection to Markowitz efficient portfolios and the CAPM. Proofs and worked examples make each model easy to follow.

    Farida Kachapova

    Format: PDF 110 pages 4.11 MB
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  • Monte Carlo Simulation with Applications to Mathematical Finance

    Lecture notes on Monte Carlo simulation, from random number generation to estimating probabilities and expected values, with R code. The last chapters price European, Asian and binary options by simulation.

    Johan van Leeuwaarden, Jorn van der Pol

    Format: PDF 74 pages 0.58 MB
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  • An Introduction to Financial Mathematics with MATLAB

    A set of MATLAB programs for a first course in financial mathematics, covering probability, geometric Brownian motion, interest rates, the binomial model and Black-Scholes. Each section includes problems to run and modify.

    Dmitrii S. Silvestrov, Anatoliy A. Malyarenko

    Format: PDF 49 pages 0.39 MB
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Each financial mathematics PDF here takes you one step further, from your first interest formula to real pricing models.

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