This PDF covers the
following topics related to Stochastic Calculus for Finance : Introduction,
Brownian motion, Scaling limit of random walks, A crash course in measure
theoretic probability, A first characterization of Brownian motion, The
Martingale Property, Stochastic Integration, Motivation, The First Variation of
Brownian motion, Quadratic Variation, Construction of the Ito integral, The Ito
formula, A few examples using Ito’s formula, Review Problems, The Black Scholes
Merton equation, Multi-dimensional Itô calculus, Risk Neutral Measures, The
Girsanov Theorem, Risk Neutral Pricing, The Black-Scholes formula.
This
PDF covers the following topics related to Stochastic Calculus : A possible
motivation: diffusions, Brownian motion, Stochastic integration, Applications to
Brownian motion, Stochastic differential equations.
Author(s): Michael R. Tehranchi, University of Cambridge
This note covers the
following topics: Discrete probability, Forward and Backward Equations for
Markov chains, Martingales and stopping times, Continuous probability, Integrals
involving Brownian motion, The Ito integral with respect to Brownian motion,
Path space measures and change of measure.