Laserwords was in charge of ushering the manuscript through copyediting, composition, and proofreading. Each of the authors would like to thank the other two for the time they have taken from other professional activities to work on this project. Because of the time required to meld the points of view of our disciplines, it was only with the support of the National Science Foundation (Grant DU…
Life insurance has undergone enormous change in the last two to three decades. New and innovative products have been developed at the same time as we have seen vast increases in computational power. In addition, the field of finance has experienced a revolution in the development of a mathematical theory of options and financial guarantees, first pioneered in the work of Black, Scholes and Mert…
During the two decades since the appearance of the second edition of this work, there have been substantial changes in the course of mathe- matics and the treatment of its history. Within mathematics, outstanding results were achieved by a merging of techniques and concepts from previously distinct areas of specialization. The history of mathematics continued to grow quantitatively, as noted in…
This second edition of Matrix Mathematics represents a major expansion of the original work. While the total number of pages is increased 46% from 752 to 1100, the increase is actually greater since this edition is typeset in a smaller font to facilitate a manageable physical size. The second edition expands on the first edition in several ways. For example, the new version includes material o…