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18.642 | Fall 2024 | Undergraduate

# Topics in Mathematics with Applications in Finance

This lecture recounts a detailed discussion featuring Tarek Mansour, an MIT alumnus and founder of Kalshi, about building a regulated prediction market exchange in the US. He shares his journey from working at top Wall Street firms to overcoming regulatory challenges as part of building Kalshi business, emphasizing perseverance, innovation in financial markets, and the potential of prediction markets to transform how risks and future events are traded and priced.

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## 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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