Mathematical Finance -
Bachelier Congress 2000
Geman,
H., Universite Paris IX, Paris, France;
Madan,
D., University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA;
Pliska,
S.R., University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA;
Vorst,
T., Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, The Netherlands (Eds.)
Selected Papers from the
First World Congress of the Bachelier Finance Society, Paris, June 29-July 1, 2000
The Bachelier Society for
Mathematical Finance, founded in 1996, held its 1st World Congress in Paris on June 28 to
July 1, 2000, thus coinciding in time with the centenary of the thesis defence of Louis
Bachelier. In his thesis Bachelier introduced Brownian motion as a tool for the analysis
of financial markets as well as the exact definition of options, and this is widely
considered the keystone for the emergence of mathematical finance as a scientific
discipline. The prestigious list of plenary speakers in Paris included 2 Nobel laureates,
Paul Samuelson and Robert Merton. Over 130 further selected talks were given in 3 parallel
sessions, all well attended by the over 500 participants who registered from all
continents.
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