Math for quants
The handful of math ideas everything else leans on: functions, growth, logs, vectors and rates of change.
- FunctionsA rule that turns one number into another.
- Slopes and rates of changeHow much the output moves when the input moves.
- Exponential growthGrowth that feeds on itself.
- LogarithmsThe tool that undoes a power.
- Log returnsThe version of returns that adds up.
- Sums and seriesAdding up many terms, sometimes infinitely many.
- VectorsA list of numbers treated as one object.
- The dot productOne operation that prices portfolios and powers models.
- MatricesA table of numbers, and what you can do with it.
- How fast is it changing?The idea behind calculus, without the formulas.
- Track quizFive questions. Get four right to finish the track.