As the time goes by, the value and the prices of the product will changes base on the society and the temporal finance situation. People will have the chance to buy the same products in different prices in different period of time due to the changing situation of the society. To let the people purchase products in a fair price as well as they can earn profit at the same time, businesses will need to consider the impact to the prices of product that effected by society. In Linear Algebra in the Financial World, Barbara Swart (2001) uses the example of determine the price of the gold and the price changing in different period of time to tells about the relationship between Linear Algebra and the Financial World.
Between 1999 and 2000, there is a Y2K bug with the computers and many other electronic items because of the early setting with the computer program. People set the year with only two digits in the computer program, as the changing of the year 1999 to 2000, the digit will change from “99” to “00” which might cause the confusion of the data storage and might change from “1999” back to “1900” or “19100”(See [1]). As this might have a big influence to the society, the price of the gold also might have a big change. Therefore in the article, Swart gave out the example of the changes of gold’s price between 1999 to 2000 because of the scare from Y2K and the millennium fever. The use of financial concepts and Linear Algebra tells the readers about how the price can be changes at that period of time. The difference of the increasing or reducing the price of gold for $1 will cause the huge difference of profit after 2000. So the business needs to determine a price of gold that fair to both customers and the business. Swart uses the...
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...s the example of the price of the gold to determine the relationships between the Linear Algebra and the Financial World. The uses of the financial concepts and the mathematics equations generally support the author’s aim of the price changing in different period of time. As the mathematics research article, it has clearly uses the symbols and equations to support the point of view of the author which shows the result of the element of the completed market and the changes of the price. However, it is not easy for a people who lack of mathematics knowledge to understand the concepts and equations of the mathematics. It will be easier for them to read and understand the author’s explanation if there are more explain on the equations or more wording explanations. Overall, Barbara Swart had been clearly explained the relationship of Linear Algebra and Financial World.
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