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Elementary Real and Complex Analysis (Dover Books on Mathematics)

Dover Publications, 1996

Excellent undergraduate-level text offers coverage of real numbers, sets, metric spaces, limits, continuous functions, series, the derivative, higher derivatives, the integral and more. Each chapter contains a problem set (hints and answers at the end), while a wealth of examples and applications are found throughout the text. Over 340 theorems...

Practical Risk Management

John Wiley & Sons, 2003

In early 1995 people were glued to their television sets watching the aftermath of a very large earthquake in the city of Kobe in western Japan. Little did they suspect the deep-seated implications of this event on the financial markets in general, and on the Bank of England in particular. The earthquake caused a major sell-off in the already...

Accuracy and Reliability in Scientific Computing (Software, Environments, Tools)

SIAM, 2005

Accuracy and Reliability in Scientific Computing can be considered a handbook for improving the quality of scientific computing. It will help computer scientists address the problems that affect software in general as well as the particular challenges of numerical computation.

Numerical software is used to test scientific...

Liabilities, Liquidity, and Cash Management: Balancing Financial Risks

John Wiley & Sons, 2001

"This book provides a very helpful and informative insight into an aspect of finance that has become quite intricate and complex but is nevertheless very fascinating."--Dr. Henry Kaufman, President, Henry Kaufman & Company, Inc.

Strategies and advice on balancing financial risk for leveraged companies

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Trading For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance)

For Dummies, 2009

Now updated — your guide to trading success regardless of the market!

Want to make smarter trading decisions? This strategy-packed, no-nonsense guide presents a proven system for analyzing stocks, trends, and indicators and setting a buy-and-sell range beforehand to decrease your risk in both up and down markets. You'll discover...

The Origins of Cauchy's Rigorous Calculus (Dover Books on Mathematics)

Dover Publications, 2005

This text for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students examines the events that led to a 19th-century intellectual revolution: the reinterpretation of the calculus undertaken by Augustin-Louis Cauchy and his peers. These intellectuals transformed the uses of calculus from problem-solving methods into a collection of well-defined...

Lecturing Birds on Flying: Can Mathematical Theories Destroy the Financial Markets?

John Wiley & Sons, 2009

Praise for Lecturing Birds On Flying

"Finally, a book taking a critical look at quantitative finance models, illuminating both their flawed fantasy assumptions as well as the uncritical use of such models on Wall Street, in many cases, leading to billion dollar losses. Pablo Triana knows both the financial...

Don't Blame the Shorts: Why Short Sellers Are Always Blamed for Market Crashes and How History Is Repeating Itself

McGraw-Hill, 2009

"Sloan's easy and informative writing makes for a thoroughly worthwhile update."--BARRON’S

"A useful corrective to the view of short selling as 'unpatriotic' or uniquely anti-social."--John Plender, Financial Times, November 16, 2009

"I liked this...

For Crying Out Loud: From Open Outcry to the Electronic Screen

John Wiley & Sons, 2009

In Praise of For Crying Out Loud

"Endowed with strong parents and a bit of luck, Leo Melamed has made a remarkable escape from Nazi occupied Poland to building one of the pinnacles of global finance. Over four decades and more, he was the leading force in bringing his beloved 'Merc' from obscure trading pits for butter...

The Myth of the Rational Market: A History of Risk, Reward, and Delusion on Wall Street

Harper Perennial, 2009

Chronicling the rise and fall of the efficient market theory and the century-long making of the modern financial industry, Justin Fox's The Myth of the Rational Market is as much an intellectual whodunit as a cultural history of the perils and possibilities of risk. The book brings to life the people and ideas that forged modern finance...

Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, Second Edition, Volume 2: Special Topics and Techniques

CRC Press, 2009

Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, Second Edition: Special Topics and Techniques provides an up-to-date compendium of fundamental computer science topics and techniques. It also illustrates how the topics and techniques come together to deliver efficient solutions to important practical problems.

Along...

Physicists on Wall Street and Other Essays on Science and Society

Springer, 2008

Over the years, Jeremy Bernstein has been in contact with many of the world’s most renowned physicists and other scientists, many of whom were involved in politics, literature, and language. In this diverse collection of essays, he reflects on their work, their personal relationships, their motives, and their contributions. Even for...

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