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单词 AnalyticSolutionOfBlackScholesPDE
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analytic solution of Black-Scholes PDE


Here we presentan analyticalsolution for the Black-Scholes partial differential equation,

rf=ft+rxfx+12σ2x22fx2,f=f(t,x),(1)

over the domain 0<x<, 0tT,with terminal condition f(T,x)=ψ(x),by reducing this parabolic PDE tothe heat equation of physics.

We begin by making the substitution:

u=e-rtf,

which is motivated by the fact that it is the portfolio valuediscounted by the interest rate r (see the derivation of theBlack-Scholes formula)that is a martingaleMathworldPlanetmath.Using the product ruleMathworldPlanetmath on f=ertu,we derive the PDE that the function u must satisfy:

rf=rertu=rertu+ertut+rxertux+12σ2x2ert2ux2;

or simply,

0=ut+rxux+12σ2x22ux2.(2)

Next, we make the substitutions:

y=logx,s=T-t.

These changes of variables can be motivatedby observing that:

  • The underlying process described by the variable xis a geometric Brownian motion(as explained in the derivation of the Black-Scholes formula itself),so that logx describes a Brownian motionMathworldPlanetmath, possiblywith a drift.Then logx should satisfy some sort of diffusion equation(well-known in physics).

  • The evolution of the systemis backwards from the terminal state of the system. Indeed,the boundary conditionMathworldPlanetmath is given as a terminal state,and the coefficient of u/t is positive in equation (2).(Compare with the standard heat equation,0=-u/t+u/x, which describes atemperature evolving forwards in time.)So to get to the heat equation,we have to use a substitution to reverse time.

Since

us=-ut,ux=uydydx=1xuy,

and

2ux2=x(1xuy)=-1x2uy+1x22uy2,

substituting in equation (2),we find:

0=-us+(r-12σ2)uy+12σ22uy2.(3)

The first partial derivativeMathworldPlanetmath with respect to ydoes not cancel (unless r=12σ2)because we have not take into accountthe drift of the Brownian motion.To cancel the drift (which is linear in time),we make the substitutions:

z=y+(r-12σ2)τ,τ=s.

Under the new coordinate system (z,τ), we have the relationsamongst vector fields:

z=y,τ=-(r-12σ2)y+s,

leading to the following of equation (3):

0=-uτ-(r-12σ2)uz+(r-12σ2)uz+12σ22uz2;

or:

uτ=12σ22uz2,u=u(τ,z),(4)

which is one form of the diffusion equation.The domain is on-<z<and 0τT;the initial condition is to be:

u(0,z)=e-rTψ(ez):=u0(z).

The original function f can be recoveredby

f(t,x)=ertu(T-t,logx+(r-12σ2)τ).

The fundamental solution of the PDE (4)is known to be:

Gτ(z)=12πσ2τexp(-z2σ2τ)

(derived using the Fourier transformMathworldPlanetmath);and the solution u with initial condition u0is given by the convolution:

u(τ,z)=u0*Gτ(z)=e-rT2πσ2τ-ψ(eζ)exp(-(z-ζ)22σ2τ)𝑑ζ.

In terms of the original function f:

f(t,x)=e-rτ2πσ2τ-ψ(eζ)exp(-(logx+(r-12σ2)τ-ζ)22σ2τ)𝑑ζ,

(τ=T-t) which agrees with the result derived using probabilistic methods (http://planetmath.org/BlackScholesFormula).

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