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Iknewbetter.Atthattime.staftmembersofeconomicsandmathematicsdepartmentsalreadydiscussedtheuseoftheBlackandScholesoptionpricingformula;coursesonstochasticfinancewere0fieredatleadinginstitutionssuchasETHZfirich.ColumbiaandStanford;andthereWasageneralagreementthatnotonlystudentsandstaftmembersofeconomicsandmathematicsde-partments、butalsopractitionersinfinanciaiinstitutionsshouldknowmoreaboutthisnewtopic.SoonIrealizedthatthereWasnotverymuchliteraturewhichcouldbeusedforteachingstochasticcaiculusataratherelementarylevel.Ialnfullyawareofthefactthatacombinationof“elementary”and“stochasticcalculus”isacontradictioniUitselfStochasticcalculusrequiresadvancedmathematicaitechniques;thistheorycannotbefullvunderstoodifonedoesnotknowaboutthebasicsofmeasuretheory,functionalanalysisandthetheoryofstochasticprocessesHowever.Istronglybelievethataninterestedpersonwhoknowsaboutelementaryprobabilitytheoryandwhocanhandletherulesofinte-grationanddifierentiationisabletounderstandthemainideasofstochasticcalculus.ThisissupportedbymyexperiencewhichIgainedincoursesforeconomicsstatisticsandmathematicsstudentsatVUWWellingtonandtheDepartmentofMathematicsinGroningen.IgotthesameimpressionasalecturerofcrashcoursesonstochasticcalculusattheSummerSchOOl.