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Finance from the viewpoint of physics

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In this note we review the basic mathematical ideas used in finance in the language of modern physics. We focus on discrete time formalism, derive path integral and Green's function formulas for pricing. We also discuss various risk mitigation methods.

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  • A. Jakovac, 2020. "Finance from the viewpoint of physics," Papers 2001.09446, arXiv.org, revised Jan 2020.
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