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σ L (G) +
2
:=
L (G)
Denote by σ the constant σ
σ
1 / 2
σ
L (G) . Then, for an
arbitrary ε> 0,
1
2 σ 0 ϕ
a LV (ϕ, ϕ)
2
2
L 2 (G) σ ϕ L 2 (G) ϕ L 2 (G)
L 2 (G) + r ϕ
σ 0 / 2
εσ
L 2 (G) + r
σ/( 4 ε)
ϕ
2
2
ϕ
L 2 (G) .
σ 0 /( 4 σ) ,wehave
Choosing ε
=
a LV (ϕ, ϕ) σ 0 / 4
ϕ
2
L 2 (G) + (r (σ/σ 0 ) 2 ) ϕ
2
L 2 (G) ,
which gives, by the Poincaré inequality (3.4),
a LV (ϕ, ϕ)
σ 0 / 8
ϕ
2
σ 0 /( 8 C)
2
(σ/σ 0 ) 2
2
L 2 (G)
L 2 (G) +
ϕ
L 2 (G) −|
r
|
ϕ
σ 0 / 8min
1 ,C 1
2
2
{
}
ϕ
H 1 (G)
C 3
ϕ
L 2 (G) .
By Proposition 4.5.5 , the bilinear form a LV (
·
,
·
) is continuous and satisfies a
L 2 (G) , the weak formulation ( 4.37 ) admits a
Gårding inequality. Hence, for g
L 2 (J
H 0 (G))
H 1 (J
L 2 (G)) .
;
;
unique solution u
4.6 Further Reading
To derive the partial differential equations, we followed the line of Lamberton and
Lapeyre [109]. Using finite differences to price options was first described in Bren-
nan and Schwartz [26]. A rigorous treatment can be found in Achdou and Piron-
neau [1]. Finite elements were first applied to finance in Wilmott et al. [161]. Error
estimates for non-smooth initial data are given in Thomée [154]. The CEV model
was introduced by Cox and Ross [45, 46], and analytic formulas can be found, for
example, in Hsu et al. [88]. See also [56]. The probabilistic argument to estimate
the localization error is due to Cont and Voltchkova in [41], even in a more gen-
eral setting of Lévy processes. The local volatility model is used to recover the
volatility smile observed in the stock market as shown in Derman and Kani [57]or
Dupire [59].
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