Exponents and Logarithms; Progressions; Simple Interest and Simple Discount; Compound Interest and Compound Discount; Simple Annuities; General and Other Annuities; Amortization and Sinking Funds; Bonds; Capital Budgeting and Depreciation
Rob Brown graduated from the University of Waterloo in 1971 with a
BMath degree. He added a MA in Gerontology in 1994 (Waterloo) and a
PhD (Gerontology) from Simon Fraser University in 1997. Rob is a
Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries, a Fellow of the
Society of Actuaries, and an Associate of the Casualty Actuarial
Society. Professor Brown was President of the Canadian Institute of
Actuaries in 1990/91 and served on the Board of Governors of the
Society of Actuaries from 1992 to 1996. From 1997-99, he was SoA
Vice-President and in 1999, Rob was elected President-elect of the
Society of Actuaries (his term as SoA President will run from
October 2000 to October 2001). Rob Brown is presently Professor of
Actuarial Science and Director of the Institute of Insurance and
Pension Research at the University of Waterloo.
Professor Petr Zima is an adjunct faculty in the Department of
Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Waterloo and
teaches courses in mathematics of investment and finance. Professor
Zima received his RNDr degree from Charles University in Prague in
1963 and Dipl Ing degree from the Prague School of Economics in
1968. Since 1968 he served on the faculties of Conestoga College in
Kitchener, Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, and University
of Waterloo. He is an author and co-author of several textbooks in
business mathematics, mathematics of finance, and operations
research, published in Canada, U.S.A., Australia, Brazil,
Singapore, Hungary, Thailand, and Italy.
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