This book probes mathematical issues that arise in modeling interest
rate term structure, by casting the interest rate models as stochastic
evolution equations in infinite dimensions. The book is comprised of
three parts. Part I is a crash course on interest rates, including a
statistical analysis of the data and an introduction to some popular
interest rate models. Part II is a self-contained introduction to
infinite dimensional stochastic analysis, including SDE in Hilbert
spaces and Malliavin calculus. Part III presents recent results in
interest rate theory, including finite dimensional realizations of HJM
models, generalized bond portfolios, and the ergodicity of HJM models.