Peter James – Option Theory
Peter James was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford and at University College, London. His first degrees are in Theoretical Physics and in Econometrics and Statistics, and he has a PhD in Relativistic Quantum Mechanics. He was formerly head of International Investment Banking at NationsBank (now Bank of America). He has many years experience in the derivatives markets at Merrill Lynch, DKB Financial Products and Credit Agricole Lazard Financial Products, where he is currently Head of Risk Management.
Option Theory takes the reader from first principles to the frontiers of modern finance theory. The book is aimed at busy financial engineers at all levels, providing formulas and techniques that can be readily applied to real life problems; yet the theoretical basis of the subject is explored in detail so that the book will also appeal to students and researchers.
Structured into four parts, the mathematical tools used in the first three parts of the book are intermediate level “engineer’s mathematics”: differential and integral calculus, elementary statistical theory and simple partial differential equations.