AMS 691, Topics in Applied Mathematics
Varying topics selected from the list below if sufficient interest is shown. Several topics may be taught concurrently in different sections: Advanced Operational Methods in Applied Mathematics Approximate Methods in Boundary Value Problems in Applied Mathematics Control Theory and Optimization Foundations of Passive Systems Theory Game Theory Mixed Boundary Value Problems in Elasticity Partial Differential Equations Quantitative Genetics Stochastic Modeling
3 credits, ABCF grading. May be repeated for credit.
Offered each fall in recent years.
This course consists of a weekly class on Monday and a seminar featuring an external speaker on Wednesday. The weekly class will be devoted to the analysis of current events in the financial markets. Students will learn how news, economic events, technical factors and market anomalies impact the movement of equities and other financial instruments. Each student will be required to make a short presentation at the end of the course on an assigned topic.
Co-/pre-requisite: AMS 511