A Derivative is Just a Function
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A Derivative is Just a Function
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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/a-derivative-is-just-a-function.
The fancy vocabulary of finance is efficient once you learn the lingo, but the actual foundation is built on concepts you already use every day
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It makes sense that engineers are drawn to quantitative finance, but most textbooks speak the wrong language, assuming you are already a math whiz or a Wall Street veteran. They rarely answer the one question an engineer actually cares about: "What does this thing actually compute?"