Zulip Chat Archive
Stream: general
Topic: Interest: a library for financial math & actuarial science
Bjørn Kjos-Hanssen (Jan 16 2026 at 00:21):
I've been working on a library of results in the mathematical theory of interest called Interest.
So far it includes results on the existence of a unique solution for any of these given the others:
- present value of an annuity
- future value
- periodic payment (equivalently, coupon rate for a bond)
- prevailing interest rate (yield)
- Macaulay duration
- maturity date of a bond
In order to deduce the maturity date and the yield rate from the Macaulay duration I made use of Aristotle by Harmonic, which saved a lot of time.
Critiques welcome. Submit your PR to the Interest repo today :)
Last updated: Feb 28 2026 at 14:05 UTC