Options and Mathematics

About this programme

No fees are charged for EU and EEA citizens, Swedish residence permit holders and exchange students. In this course you will get an introduction to mathematical finance with an emphasis on stock and currency options. The basic concepts of mathematical finance, such as arbitrage, self-financing strategies, hedging, etc, will be defined clearly in the context of the binomial model, where the stock process is a geometric random walk. When the number of periods in the binomial model goes to infinity, we obtain the famous Black-Scholes model. The equivalent of the courses MMG200 Mathematics 1 and MSG110 Probability theory. All eligible applicants who have applied before the deadline will be granted a place. Mathematical Sciences is a joint department of Chalmers/University of Gothenburg. Your education takes place in the spacious and bright premises of Mathematical Sciences at the Chalmers campus Johanneberg, where there are lecture halls, computer rooms and group rooms. Here you can also find student lunch room and reading room, as well as student counsellors and student office.