Title: Option Theory Author: Peter James ISBN: 0-471-49289-2 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2004

Description: "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. Written in a clear and accessible manner, the author covers the various approaches to option pricing: risk neutral expectations by integration, trees, analytical and numerical solutions of partial differential equations and Monte Carlo methods, demonstrating the close relationship between them.

PART 1 ELEMENTS OF OPTION THEORY PART 2 NUMERICAL METHODS PART 3 APPLICATIONS: EXOTIC OPTIONS PART 4 STOCHASTIC THEORY Mathematical Appendix