Excerpt from Mathematics of Finance IT is the main purpose of this book to present a teachable elementary course in the application of mathematics to a broad class of financial problems. The material for the book has been obtained from many sources and tested in the teaching of such courses at three large universities. Experience has shown that the material is especially adapted to the needs of the students in schools and colleges of commerce and business administration, although general liberal arts and engineering students also find the course of much value. The man with a liberal business education should surely be thoroughly and accurately trained in the operation of interest in relation to finance. This course is designed to supply such training. In particular, this book treats of the relation of inter est to the amortization of debts, to the creation of sinking funds, to the treatment of depreciation, to the valuation of bonds, to the accumulation of funds in building and loan associations, and to the elements of life insurance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.