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What tools are used to numerically solve differential equations in Quantitative Finance?
There are a lot of Quantitative Finance models (e.g. Black-Scholes) which are formulated in terms of partial differential equations. What is a standard approach in Quantitative Finance to solve these ...
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An equation for European options
So, any European type option we can characterize with a payoff function $P(S)$ where $S$ is a price of an underlying at the maturity.
Let us consider some model $M$ such that within this model ...
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Using Black-Scholes equations to “buy” stocks
From what I understand, Black-Scholes equation in finance is used to price options which are a contract between a potential buyer and a seller. Can I use this mathematical framework to "buy" a stock? ...
