Schaum's Outline of Mathematics of Finance - Brossura

Professor Petr Zima is an adjunct faculty in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Waterloo and teaches courses in mathematics of investment and finance. Professor Zima received his RNDr degree from Charles University in Prague in 1963 and Dipl Ing degree from the Prague School of Economics in 1968. Since 1968 he served on the faculties of Conestoga College in Kitchener, Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, and University of Waterloo. He is an author and co-author of several textbooks in business mathematics, mathematics of finance, and operations research, published in Canada, U.S.A., Australia, Brazil, Singapore, Hungary, Thailand, and Italy.

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