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Dewey Class	332.645015118
Title	Louis Bachelier's theory of speculation : the origins of modern finance (M) / Louis Bachelier, Translated and with commentary by Mark Davis and Alison Etheridge; [foreword by Paul A. Samuelson]
Author	Bachelier, Louis , 1870-1946
Added Personal Name	Davis, Mark Herbert Ainsworth
	Etheridge, Alison
	Samuelson, Paul Anthony , 1915-2009
Publication	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press , 2006
Physical Details	xv, 188 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN	0691117527
Note	March 29, 1900, is considered by many to be the day mathematical finance was born. On that day a French doctoral student, Louis Bachelier, successfully defended his thesis "Théorie de la Spéculation" at the Sorbonne. The jury, while noting that the topic was "far away from those usually considered by our candidates," appreciated its high degree of originality. This book provides a new translation, with commentary and background, of Bachelier's seminal work. Bachelier's thesis is a remarkable document on two counts. In mathematical terms Bachelier's achievement was to introduce many of the concep
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Finance . Financial Economics . Stochastic Analysis . Authors: Bachelier, Louis 1870-1946 . Davis, Mark Herbert Ainsworth . Etheridge, Alison . Samuelson, Paul Anthony 1915-2009 . Classification: 332.645015118 . 332.645015118 (DDC 22) .

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