MATH4210 - Financial Mathematics - 2021/22

Course Name: 
Financial Mathematics
Teacher: 
Prof. Xiaolu TAN
Course Year: 
2021/22
Term: 
1

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General Information

Lecturer

  • Tan Xiaolu
    • Office: LSB 227
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Teaching Assistant

  • Yang Fan
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Time and Venue

  • Lecture: Monday, 14:30-16:15 (MongManWai Bldg 710); Wednesday, 14:30-15:15 (Science Centre L3)
  • Tutorial: Wednesday, 15:30-16:15 (Science Centre L3)

Course Description

Topics of this course will include: Basic option theory, forward and futures contracts, interest rate, binomial tree model, Ito's Lemma, Black-Scholes model, free boundary problems of options, etc. Students taking this course are expected to have knowledge in probability and differential equations.


References

  • Financial Mathematics, Derivatives and Structured Products, by Chan, R., Guo, Y., Lee, S.T., and Li, X.
  • Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, by Hull, J.

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Assignments

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Assessment Scheme

Quiz and Assignment 20%
Midterm Examination 20%
Final Examination 60%

Honesty in Academic Work

The Chinese University of Hong Kong places very high importance on honesty in academic work submitted by students, and adopts a policy of zero tolerance on cheating and plagiarism. Any related offence will lead to disciplinary action including termination of studies at the University. Although cases of cheating or plagiarism are rare at the University, everyone should make himself / herself familiar with the content of the following website:

http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/

and thereby help avoid any practice that would not be acceptable.

Assessment Policy

Last updated: December 21, 2021 15:09:54