Stochastic calculus of variations in mathematical finance /

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Author / Creator:Malliavin, Paul, 1925-2010
Imprint:Berlin ; New York, NY : Springer, c2006.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 142 p.) : ill.
Language:English
Series:Springer finance
Springer finance.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8877451
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Other authors / contributors:Thalmaier, Anton.
ISBN:3540434313 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9783540434313 (hardcover : alk. paper)
3540307990 (electronic bk.)
9783540307990 (electronic bk.)
6610462569 (electronic bk.)
9786610462568 (electronic bk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [127]-138) and index.
Other form:Print version: Malliavin, Paul, 1925- Stochastic calculus of variations in mathematical finance. Berlin ; New York, NY : Springer, c2006 3540434313
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Gaussian Stochastic Calculus of Variations
  • 1.1. Finite-Dimensional Gaussian Spaces, Hermite Expansion
  • 1.2. Wiener Space as Limit of its Dyadic Filtration
  • 1.3. Stroock-Sobolev Spaces of Functionals on Wiener Space
  • 1.4. Divergence of Vector Fields, Integration by Parts
  • 1.5. Ito's Theory of Stochastic Integrals
  • 1.6. Differential and Integral Calculus in Chaos Expansion
  • 1.7. Monte-Carlo Computation of Divergence
  • 2. Computation of Greeks and Integration by Parts Formulae
  • 2.1. PDE Option Pricing; PDEs Governing the Evolution of Greeks
  • 2.2. Stochastic Flow of Diffeomorphisms; Ocone-Karatzas Hedging
  • 2.3. Principle of Equivalence of Instantaneous Derivatives
  • 2.4. Pathwise Smearing for European Options
  • 2.5. Examples of Computing Pathwise Weights
  • 2.6. Pathwise Smearing for Barrier Option
  • 3. Market Equilibrium and Price-Volatility Feedback Rate
  • 3.1. Natural Metric Associated to Pathwise Smearing
  • 3.2. Price-Volatility Feedback Rate
  • 3.3. Measurement of the Price-Volatility Feedback Rate
  • 3.4. Market Ergodicity and Price-Volatility Feedback Rate
  • 4. Multivariate Conditioning and Regularity of Law
  • 4.1. Non-Degenerate Maps
  • 4.2. Divergences
  • 4.3. Regularity of the Law of a Non-Degenerate Map
  • 4.4. Multivariate Conditioning
  • 4.5. Riesz Transform and Multivariate Conditioning
  • 4.6. Example of the Univariate Conditioning
  • 5. Non-Elliptic Markets and Instability in HJM Models
  • 5.1. Notation for Diffusions on R[superscript N]
  • 5.2. The Malliavin Covariance Matrix of a Hypoelliptic Diffusion
  • 5.3. Malliavin Covariance Matrix and Hormander Bracket Conditions
  • 5.4. Regularity by Predictable Smearing
  • 5.5. Forward Regularity by an Infinite-Dimensional Heat Equation
  • 5.6. Instability of Hedging Digital Options in HJM Models
  • 5.7. Econometric Observation of an Interest Rate Market
  • 6. Insider Trading
  • 6.1. A Toy Model: the Brownian Bridge
  • 6.2. Information Drift and Stochastic Calculus of Variations
  • 6.3. Integral Representation of Measure-Valued Martingales
  • 6.4. Insider Additional Utility
  • 6.5. An Example of an Insider Getting Free Lunches
  • 7. Asymptotic Expansion and Weak Convergence
  • 7.1. Asymptotic Expansion of SDEs Depending on a Parameter
  • 7.2. Watanabe Distributions and Descent Principle
  • 7.3. Strong Functional Convergence of the Euler Scheme
  • 7.4. Weak Convergence of the Euler Scheme
  • 8. Stochastic Calculus of Variations for Markets with Jumps
  • 8.1. Probability Spaces of Finite Type Jump Processes
  • 8.2. Stochastic Calculus of Variations for Exponential Variables
  • 8.3. Stochastic Calculus of Variations for Poisson Processes
  • 8.4. Mean-Variance Minimal Hedging and Clark-Ocone Formula
  • A. Volatility Estimation by Fourier Expansion
  • A.1. Fourier Transform of the Volatility Functor
  • A.2. Numerical Implementation of the Method
  • B. Strong Monte-Carlo Approximation of an Elliptic Market
  • B.1. Definition of the Scheme [characters not reproducible]
  • B.2. The Milstein Scheme
  • B.3. Horizontal Parametrization
  • B.4. Reconstruction of the Scheme [characters not reproducible]
  • C. Numerical Implementation of the Price-Volatility Feedback Rate
  • References
  • Index