<p>Hey ppl, i got into princeton and am planning to do financial eng.
I tried to find a thread on this but was unsuccessful, so thought would start one! neways ne1 else who's gonna do it or is doing it???
Also, i want to improve my math fundamentals, so am looking for some books on calculus and prob/permutations, progressions, etc. if anyone has any suggestions they are welcome :)</p>
<p>Never heard of financial engineering. What's the difference between financial engineering and regular finance?</p>
<p>financial engineering deals with a lot of math, decreasing the risk, increasing the profit etc. but with the math and science (yea science) of it.. regular finance deals with the theory a lot</p>
<p>Calculus
Calculus Of a Single Variable by Larson, Edwards..: I have used couple other books but this one seems to be the best. Excercise problems and applications are appropriate.
Multivariable Calculus by Smith, Minton etc: This book totally sucks.
Diff Eqns with BVP by Zill: Good enough
Linear Algebra and Its Applications by Lay: This book rocks anyday !
Linear Algebra by Anton : Decent book.</p>
<p>Probablity and Combinatorial Mathematics
Discrete mathematics and it's applications by epp: One of the best textbooks. This is used mostly by CS/EE students but the probablity/permu/combi chapters provides an excellent intro.
Schaum's Outline of Probability and Statistics: Itz all about practicing.</p>
<p>hey thanks for the books!!!!</p>