Hiroyuki Matsumoto is Professor of Mathematics at Aoyama Gakuin University. He graduated from Kyoto University in 1982 and received his doctor of science degree from Osaka University in 1989. His research focuses on stochastic analysis and its applications to spectral analysis of Schrödinger operations and Selberg's trace formula, and he has published several books in Japanese, including Stochastic Calculus and Introduction to Probability and Statistics. He is a member of the Mathematical Society of Japan and an editor of the MSJ Memoirs. Setsuo Taniguchi is Professor of Mathematics at Kyushu University. He graduated from Osaka University in 1980 and received his doctor of science degree from Osaka University in 1989. His research interests include stochastic differential equations and Malliavin calculus. He has published several books in Japanese, including Introduction to Stochastic Analysis for Mathematical Finance and Stochastic Calculus. He is a member of the Mathematical Society of Japan and is an editor of the Kyushu Journal of Mathematics.

'This book is a comprehensive guide to stochastic analysis related to Brownian motion. It contains the basis of the Itô calculus and the Malliavin calculus, which are the heart of the modern analysis of Brownian motion. The book is self-contained and it is accessible for graduate students and researchers who wish to learn about stochastic differential equations.' Hiroshi Kunita

• Preface; Frequently used notation; 1. Fundamentals of continuous stochastic processes; 2. Stochastic integrals and Itô's formula; 3. Brownian motion and Laplacian; 4. Stochastic differential equations; 5. Malliavin calculus; 6. Black-Scholes model; 7. Semiclassical limit; Appendix; References; Subject index.