Mathematics

Works in progress on mathematics. Please contact me if you have questions, comments, or suggestions.

Name Description
123 Not as easy as 1, 2, 3.
a
a_z How to structure a mathematical argument.
apl A Programming Language
bach Normal stock price
basic Basic model.
bayes Conditional probability
bigo Back of the envelope calculations.
bio
blurb
bm Continuous time random walk
bonds Terminology for bonds
bqn Category Theory for Array Languages
bsm Valuation formula.
capm Two assets suffice for optimal portfolios.
cat Objects and Arrows
cdf Facts about cumulative distribution functions
ce Probability given information
cm Payoffs can be replicated with cash, a forward, and a portfolio of puts, and calls
copula A copula is a probability measure on unit cubes.
coro Coroutines are functions and a continuation point.
curry Relationship between Cartesian product and exponentials.
db The mathematical foundations of databases.
de
det Hermann Grassmann showed us how.
div Dividend paying stock
dual Mirror, mirror, ...
ec They're, like, totally modular dude.
ecr Computation is the composition of relations
eebo Sometimes you need math.
eli5
ep The Capital Asset Pricing Model holds as equality of random variables, not just their expected values.
ep_cover
ep_title |
eps
eth Crypto is not cryptic
factors Are 1-factor models
falg Category with structure
fc Apply a function to a linear transformation
fd Infinite dimensional derivatives
ff Evincing the real world in Mathematical Finance
fi Fixed cash flows
fin
fof Entity, instrument, price, cash flow, trading, value, account
fsa
funny Path dependent volatility.
ga The algebra of space
gla Linear algebra is a special case of Geometric Algebra
gop European option pricing and greeks
ho-lee Normal short rate.
ice
int Integration is a linear functional on a vector space of functions.
ip Brownian motion and the heat equation.
is Do they exist?
ito Stochastic differential equations and integrals
kal
kh Remarks on [Carabelli](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263531626_Further_issues_on_the_Keynes-Hume_connection_relating_to_the_theory_of_financial_markets_in_the_General_Theory/link/02e7e53c9697895f81000000/download)
la A guide to Linear Algebra.
lagd Linear Algebra from the Ground Down
lambda The lambda calculus
lfc none
lo The foundation of mathematics.
mcmc
measure Do not count twice
mf Key topics.
mfm Work remains to be done.
ml Interpolation in high dimensions
mo Associative binary operation with an identity
monad Will it Function?
njr Perturbation of the normal distribution
ode Ordinary Differential Equations
op European option pricing and greeks
op2 European option pricing and greeks
opm Buy now, sell later.
opm2 Buy now, sell later.
optics Lenses, Prisms, Grates, and Traversals
pc
pcp
pdv Volatility is path dependent.
pes Writing performant code that can be used from any language
pnl P&L is stochastic integration.
pq
prob A calculus for uncertainty
profile
ps Writing performant code that can be used from any language
pt The mathematical foundations of pivot tables.
raii Worst name ever for built-in types.
rel Relation – comparing two things.
remf
res
rl |
ro Value, hedge, and manage risk of any portfolio
rw Move based on coin flip
set Sets are defined by membership
sf More power to the functions
shimko
simfin
simple |
sofr Short Rates
sofrsg One more thing to figure out.
sp Random variables indexed by time
stat Observations of outcomes
tilfp
tim A _monad_ is a _monoid_ on the _endofunctors_ of a _category_.
tlh Tax loss harvesting
tmt The dominance of unimportance.
tnbt
tos Totally ordered streams.
tpm Examples
trading Buyers and sellers buy and sell
ts Primative operations
u Value, hedge, and manage risk of any portfolio
uf Unified Finance – positions, portfolios, exchanges, and trading
um Value, hedge, and manage risk of any portfolio
um0 Value, hedge, and manage the risk of any instruments
um1 Value, hedge, and manage the risk of instruments
um2 Value, hedge, and manage the risk of any instruments
um_short Value, hedge, and manage risk of any portfolio
um_slides
umm Value, hedge, and manage risk of any portfolio
ums
vs For European options
vs0 Abelian group with scalar multiplication satisfying the distributed law.
vswap Value, hedge, and manage risk of variance swaps.
wc
wif Atoms of finance and their interaction.
wmpl It is not just bean counting.
wtd How to value, hedge, and manage risk
ycm Continuously compounded stochastic forward rate
yo Work remains to be done.
zcb Moving unit notional through time.