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    <title>Financial Mathematics &amp; Quantitative Finance Books</title>
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    <updated>2010-09-24T21:57:28Z</updated>
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    <title>Mathematics of Finance Textbooks</title>
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    <published>2010-09-24T21:39:18Z</published>
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    <summary> Financial Calculus: An introduction to derivative pricing by Martin Baxter and Andrew Rennie. Cambridge; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Mathematics Library Reserve HG6024.A3 B39 1998 Two Hour Loan Find it in the library Arbitrage Theory in Continuous...</summary>
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	<li><em>Financial Calculus: An introduction to derivative pricing</em> by Martin Baxter and Andrew Rennie. Cambridge; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Mathematics Library Reserve HG6024.A3 B39 1998 Two Hour Loan <a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=003161906">Find it in the library</a></li>
	<li><em>Arbitrage Theory in Continuous Time</em> by Tomas Bjork. 2nd ed. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Wilson Library HG6024.A3 B567 2004 <a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=004513495">Find it in the library</a></li>
	<li><em>Mathematics for Finance: An Introduction to Financial Engineering</em> by Marek Capinski and Tomasz Zastawniak. London; New York: Springer, 2003. Mathematics Library HG106 .C36 2003 <a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=004651987">Find it in the library</a></li>
	<li><em>Stochastic Finance</em> by Hans Foellmer and Alexander Schied. New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2002. Mathematics Library HG176.5 .F65 2002 <a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=004453832">Find it in the library</a></li>
	<li><em><a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=service&doc_library=UMN01&doc_number=004845086&line_number=0001&func_code=WEB-SHORT&service_type=MEDIA">Financial Modelling with Jump Processes</a></em> by R. Cont and P. Tankov. Boca Raton, Fla.: Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2004. [University of Minnesota Twin Cities access <a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=service&doc_library=UMN01&doc_number=004845086&line_number=0001&func_code=WEB-SHORT&service_type=MEDIA">Read it online</a>]</li>
	<li><em>Black-Scholes and Beyond: Option Pricing Models</em> by Neil A. Chriss. Chicago: McGraw-Hill, 1997. Wilson Library HG6024.A3 C495 1997 <a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=003157034">Find it in the library</a></li>
	<li><em>Martingale Methods in Financial Modelling</em> by Musiela and Rutkowski. Berlin; New York: Springer, 1997. Wilson Library HG6024.A3 M87 1997 <a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=000638192">Find it in the library</a></li>
	<li><em>Stochastic Differential Equations: an introduction with applications</em> by Bernt Oksendal. 6th ed. Berlin; New York: Springer, 2003. Mathematics Library QA274.23 .O47 2003 <a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=004370892">Find it in the library</a></li>
	<li><em>Introduction to Mathematical Finance: Discrete Time Models</em> by Stanley R. Pliska. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1997. Wilson Library HG173 .P55 1997 <a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=002522231">Find it in the library</a></li>
	<li><em>Continuous Martingales and Brownian Motion</em>, 3rd ed. by Daniel Revuz and Marc Yor. Berlin; New York: Springer, 1999. Mathematics Library QA274.5 .R48 <a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=001241514">Find it in the library</a></li>
	<li><em>Essentials of Stochastic Finance: Facts, Models, Theory</em> by Albert N. Shiryaev. Singapore; River Edge, N.J.: World Scientific, 1999. Wilson Library HG4515.3 .S54 <a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=004159410">Find it in the library</a></li>
	<li><em>Stochastic Calculus for Finance I: The Binomial Asset Pricing Model</em> by Steven E Shreve. New York: Springer, 2005. Mathematics Library HG106 .S57 2004 <a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=004651999">Find it in the library</a></li>
	<li><em>Stochastic Calculus for Finance II: Continuous-Time Models</em> by Steven E Shreve. New York: Springer, 2005. Mathematics Library HG106 .S57 2005 <a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=004651999">Find it in the library</a></li>
	<li><em>The Mathematics of Financial Derivatives</em> by Wilmott, Howison and Dewynne. Cambridge, U.K.; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Mathematics Library HG6024.A3 W554 1996 <a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=003167117">Find it in the library</a></li>
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    <title>Risk Management Textbooks</title>
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    <published>2010-09-24T21:33:28Z</published>
    <updated>2010-09-24T22:13:49Z</updated>

    <summary> Financial Risk Management: A Practitioner&apos;s Guide to Managing Market and Credit Risk by Steve L. Allen. Hoboken, N.J.: J. Wiley &amp; Sons, 2003. Mathematics Library HD61 .A43 2003 Find it in the library Simulation Techniques in Financial Risk Management...</summary>
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	<li><em>Financial Risk Management: A Practitioner's Guide to Managing Market and Credit Risk </em>by Steve L. Allen. Hoboken, N.J.: J. Wiley & Sons, 2003. Mathematics Library HD61 .A43 2003 <a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=004957657">Find it in the library</a></li>
	<li><em>Simulation Techniques in Financial Risk Management</em> by Ngai Hang Chan & Hoi-Ying Wong. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley-Interscience, 2006. Mathematics Library HG173 .C47 <a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=004957654">Find it in the library</a></li>
	<li><em>Quantitative Risk Management: Concepts, Techniques, Tools</em> by McNeil, Frey, and Embrechts. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2005. Wilson Library HD61 .M395 <a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=004648844">Find it in the library</a></li>
	<li><em><a href="https://www.lib.umn.edu/slog.phtml?url=http://www.mathnetbase.com/ejournals/books/book_km.asp?id=1197">Risk Analysis in Finance and Insurance</a></em> by Alexander Melnikov. Boca Raton, Fla.: Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2004. [University of Minnesota Twin Cities access <a href="https://www.lib.umn.edu/slog.phtml?url=http://www.mathnetbase.com/ejournals/books/book_km.asp?id=1197">Read it online</a>]</li>
	<li><em>Risk and Asset Allocation</em> by Attilio Meucci. Berlin; New York: Springer, 2005. Mathematics Library HG4529.5 .M48 2005 <a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=004647070">Find it in the library</a></li>
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    <title>Math Finance Overview Textbooks</title>
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    <published>2010-09-24T21:22:07Z</published>
    <updated>2010-09-24T22:00:02Z</updated>

    <summary> Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives by John C. Hull. 7th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2009. Mathematics Library Reserve HG6024.A3 H85 2006 Two Hour Loan Find it in the library Financial Engineering and Computation: Principles, Mathematics, and...</summary>
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	<li><em>Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives</em> by John C. Hull. 7th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2009. Mathematics Library Reserve HG6024.A3 H85 2006 Two Hour Loan <a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=005217086">Find it in the library</a></li> 	 
	<li><em>Financial Engineering and Computation: Principles, Mathematics, and Algorithms</em> by Yuh-Dauh Lyuu. Cambridge, UK; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Mathematics Library HG176.7 .L97 <a href="mailto:http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=004957653">Find it in the library</a></li>
	<li><em>A Primer for the Mathematics of Financial Engineering</em> by Dan Stefanica. Financial Engineering Press, 2008.  <a href="mailto:http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=005260117">Find it in the library</a></li>
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    <title>Searching for Quant Jobs</title>
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    <published>2010-09-24T21:16:49Z</published>
    <updated>2010-09-24T22:04:32Z</updated>

    <summary> Heard on the Street: quantitative questions from Wall Street job interviews by Timothy Falcon Crack. 12th ed. 2009. Guide to Getting a Quant Job by Dominic Connor and Paul Wilmott. Paul &amp; Dominic Limited, 2006. Open access Read it...</summary>
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	<li><em>Heard on the Street: quantitative questions from Wall Street job interviews</em> by Timothy Falcon Crack. 12th ed. 2009.</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=3&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftttan.com%2FHT%2Fattach%2Fbbscon%2FPaul_Dominic_1.5.pdf%3FB%3D135%26F%3DM.1176925744.A%26attachpos%3D459%26attachname%3D%2FPaul_Dominic_1.5.pdf&ei=1ZJ6RpbHHo300QTX--DSBA&usg=AFQjCNEqJ4-o1ki9bX2IwCj7y4Ok6isR1g&sig2=WznAbpTZwPRcNRTxkArCdA"><em>Guide to Getting a Quant Job</em></a> by Dominic Connor and Paul Wilmott. Paul & Dominic Limited, 2006. Open access <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=3&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftttan.com%2FHT%2Fattach%2Fbbscon%2FPaul_Dominic_1.5.pdf%3FB%3D135%26F%3DM.1176925744.A%26attachpos%3D459%26attachname%3D%2FPaul_Dominic_1.5.pdf&ei=1ZJ6RpbHHo300QTX--DSBA&usg=AFQjCNEqJ4-o1ki9bX2IwCj7y4Ok6isR1g&sig2=WznAbpTZwPRcNRTxkArCdA">Read it online</a></li>
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    <title>General Books</title>
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    <published>2010-09-24T21:14:54Z</published>
    <updated>2010-09-24T22:10:18Z</updated>

    <summary> Predictably Irrational: the hidden forces that shape our decisions by Dan Ariely. New York: Harper, 2008. Wilson Library HB74.P8 A75 2008 Find it in the library Capital Ideas: the improbable origins of modern Wall Street by Peter L. Bernstein....</summary>
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	<li><em>Predictably Irrational: the hidden forces that shape our decisions</em> by Dan Ariely. New York: Harper, 2008. Wilson Library HB74.P8 A75 2008 <a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=005211474">Find it in the library</a></li>
	<li><em>Capital Ideas: the improbable origins of modern Wall Street</em> by Peter L. Bernstein. New York: Free Press; Toronto: Maxwell Macmillan Canada; New York: Maxwell Macmillan International, 1992. Wilson Library HG173 .B47 1992 <a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=002375239">Find it in the library</a></li>
	<li><em>Against the Gods: the remarkable story of risk</em> by Peter L. Bernstein. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1996. Mathematics Library HD61 .B4666 <a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=001198511">Find it in the library</a></li>
	<li><em><a href="https://www.lib.umn.edu/slog.phtml?url=http://www.netlibrary.com/summary.asp?ID=119370">My Life as a Quant</a></em> by Emanuel Derman. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley, 2004. University of Minnesota Twin Cities access <a href="https://www.lib.umn.edu/slog.phtml?url=http://www.netlibrary.com/summary.asp?ID=119370">Read it online</a> or <a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=004951530">Find it in the library</a></li>
	<li><em>Inventing Money: The Story of Long-Term Capital Management and the Legends Behind It</em>. by Nicholas Dunbar. Chichester: Wiley, 2000. <a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=004660886">Find it in the library</a></li>
	<li><em>When Genius Failed: The Rise and fall of Long-Term Capital Management</em> by Roger Lowenstein. New York: Random House, 2000. Wilson Library HG4930 .L69 <a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=000621252">Find it in the library</a></li>
	<li><em>The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron</em> by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind. New York: Portfolio, 2003. Wilson Library HD9502.U54 E5763 <a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=004314871">Find it in the library</a></li>
	<li><em><a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=service&doc_library=UMN01&doc_number=004947841&line_number=0001&func_code=WEB-SHORT&service_type=MEDIA">A Random Walk Down Wall Street</a></em> by Burton Malkiel. New York: Norton, 1999. University of Minnesota Twin Cities access <a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=service&doc_library=UMN01&doc_number=004947841&line_number=0001&func_code=WEB-SHORT&service_type=MEDIA">Read the 1999 edition online</a> or <a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=004418326">Find the 2003 edition in the library</a></li>
	<li><em>Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance</em> by Perry Mehrling. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, 2005. <a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=004617725">Find it in the library</a></li>
	<li><em>Fooled by Randomness: the hidden role of chance in the markets and in life</em> by Nassim Taleb. New York: Texere, 2001. <a href="http://umnlib.oit.umn.edu/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=000639710">Find it in the library</a></li>
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