Electronic Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

New Orleans, Louisiana, October 28-31, 2004

Paper W008

This is an electronic reprint, reproduced by permission of Pearson Education Inc. Originally appeared in the Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Edited by Joanne Foster, ISBN 0-321-43792-6, Copyright (C) 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc.


Descartes Visits Wall Street And Meets The TI-84+ SE: A Financial Journey

Donna M. Christy


Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Rhode Island College
600 Mt. Pleasant Ave.
Providence, RI 02908


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ABSTRACT

Can Descartes teach us something about finance? The answer to this intriguing connection will be revealed. We will examine mathematics underlying financial topics including annuities, net present value, IRR, stock and bond valuation.

Keyword(s): graphing calculators, applications, finite mathematics