TY - GEN AU - Ziemann,Volker TI - Physics and finance T2 - Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics SN - 9783030636456 U1 - 332 23 PY - 2021/// CY - Switzerland PB - Springer KW - Physics & Finance KW - Econophysics KW - Entanglement KW - Entropy KW - Cryptocurrencies KW - Wall Street Physics N1 - Includes index; Introduction -- Concepts of finance -- Portfolio theory and CAPM -- Stochastic processes -- Black-Scholes differential equation -- The Greeks and risk management -- Regression models and hypothesis testing -- Time series -- Bubbles crashes fat tails and Levy-stable distributions -- Quantum finance and path integrals -- Optimal control theory -- Cryptocurrencies -- Solutions for selected exercises N2 - This book introduces physics students to concepts and methods of finance. Despite being perceived as quite distant from physics, finance shares a number of common methods and ideas, usually related to noise and uncertainties. Juxtaposing the key methods to applications in both physics and finance articulates both differences and common features, this gives students a deeper understanding of the underlying ideas. Moreover, they acquire a number of useful mathematical and computational tools, such as stochastic differential equations, path integrals, Monte-Carlo methods, and basic cryptology. Each chapter ends with a set of carefully designed exercises enabling readers to test their comprehension ER -