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18.642 | Fall 2024 | Undergraduate

# Topics in Mathematics with Applications in Finance

### Lecture 17

This class session was devoted to student presentations of their mid-semester group project.
Note: The student presentations are not available to OCW learners.

See Problem Set 5

### Lecture 18

Guest lecture with Andrew W. Lo, MIT Sloan School of Management

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Video description: The lecture by Professor Andrew W. Lo highlights how innovative financial engineering can address major societal challenges like rare diseases and energy transition by creating diversified investment portfolios that reduce risk and attract capital. Using examples from gene therapy breakthroughs and fusion energy development, he emphasizes the critical role of new financing models in turning high-risk, long-term scientific projects into viable ventures that can generate significant social and economic returns.

## Course Info

##### Instructors

- Dr. Peter Kempthorne
- Dr. Vasily Strela
- Dr. Jake Xia

##### Departments

- Mathematics

##### As Taught In

Fall 2024

##### Level

Undergraduate

##### Topics

- Business
  - Finance
- Mathematics
  - Applied Mathematics
  - Probability and Statistics

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