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The purpose of this paper is to present main ideas of mathematics of finance using the stochastic control methods. There is an interplay between stochastic control and mathematics of finance. On the one hand stochastic control is a powerful tool to study financial problems. On the other hand financial applications have stimulated development in several research subareas of stochastic control in the last two decades. We start with pricing of financial derivatives and modeling of asset prices, studying the conditions for the absence of arbitrage. Then we consider pricing of defaultable contingent claims. Investments in bonds lead us to the term structure modeling problems. Special attention is devoted to historical static portfolio analysis called Markowitz theory. We also briefly sketch dynamic portfolio problems using viscosity solutions to Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation, martingale-convex analysis method or stochastic maximum principle together with backward stochastic differential equation. Finally, long time portfolio analysis for both risk neutral and risk sensitive functionals is introduced.
Research supported by MNiSzW grant no. 1 P03A 013 28.
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Stettner, Ł. (2009). Problems of Mathematical Finance by Stochastic Control Methods. In: Korytowski, A., Malanowski, K., Mitkowski, W., Szymkat, M. (eds) System Modeling and Optimization. CSMO 2007. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 312. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04802-9_6
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