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Financial Mathematics for Cryptocurrencies
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Financial Mathematics for Cryptocurrencies

by Tom Espel
April 2026
Intermediate
288 pages
9h 2m
English
Wiley
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Notations

Mathematical Sets

  • double struck upper N is the set of natural numbers;
  • double struck upper Z is the set of integers;
  • double struck upper R is the set of real numbers;
  • colon equals means “is defined as”;
  • left parenthesis x right parenthesis Superscript plus Baseline equals max left parenthesis x comma 0 right parenthesis denotes the positive part of a given variable x;
  • double struck upper R Subscript plus Baseline colon equals StartSet x element of double struck upper R vertical bar x greater than or equals 0 EndSet;
  • double struck upper R Subscript plus Superscript asterisk Baseline colon equals StartSet x element of double struck upper R vertical bar x greater than 0 EndSet;
  • proportional to means “is proportional to.”

Probability and Statistics

  • upper X tilde script n left parenthesis mu comma sigma squared right parenthesis denotes that the random variable upper X follows a normal distribution with mean and variance ;
  • denotes the money market account as numéraire;
  • denotes the ...
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ISBN: 9781394370078