Quantitative Finance Lab

The pricing equations derived from uncertain volatility models in finance are often cast in the form of nonlinear partial differential equations. Implicit timestepping leads to a set of nonlinear algebraic equations which must be solved at each timestep. To solve these equations, an iterative approach is employed. In this paper, we prove the convergence of a particular iterative scheme for one factor uncertain volatility models. We also demonstrate how non-monotone discretization schemes (such as standard Crank-Nicolson timestepping) can converge to incorrect solutions, or lead to instability. Numerical examples are provided.

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Authors
D. M. Pooley
P. A. Forsyth
K. R. Vetzal