The prediction company is real - my firm has visited them - but, yes the book is useless and not worth the effort. Try this link:http://www.bearcave.com/bookrev/predco_refs.htm

I was interviewed for FX derivatives position about 2 years ago. I can remember being asked to solve a 2nd order ODE and a question about Bayes theorem

<r>HiI'd recommend Introductory Functional Analysis with Applications (Wiley Classics Library) by Erwin Kreysig. This book served me well through my final year of undergraduate studies and during my graduate studies in Applied Maths (specifically infinite dimensional linear operators). The book is v...