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Welcome to the Institute of Financial Mathematics and Applied Number Theory!

The department's main fields of research include the development of efficient quasi-Monte Carlo methods to support numerical integration and approximation of functions as well as mathematical simulation in various fields of applications, particularly in the field of mathematical finance.

Quasi-Monte Carlo methods rely on - sometimes high-dimensional - point sets and sequences with particular distribution properties which are generated and analyzed with the help of number theoretical algorithms. The efficient generation and analysis of such point sets, but also the analysis of the resulting algorithms (complexity theory) are at the main focus of the department's research activity.

Other core areas include:

  • developing and analyzing stochastic methods in the area of mathematical finance
  • efficient use of (quasi-) Monte Carlo methods in finance
  • analyzing derivative financial instruments and trading strategies

G. Larcher and F. Pillichshammer are speaker and co-speaker of the Austrian Science Fund-Special Research Area "Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods: Theory and Application" which launched in February 2014.

Institute of Financial Mathematics and Applied Number Theory

Address

Johannes Kepler University Linz
Altenberger Straße 69
4040 Linz

Location

Science Park 2, 3rd floor, Room 333

Office Hours

Monday - Friday: 8:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Phone

+43 732 2468 4030

Research
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SFB Project

Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods: Theory and Applications
Teaching

Courses

Winter Semester 2021
Research

Books