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I.Basic math.
II.Pricing and Hedging.
III.Explicit techniques.
1.Black-Scholes formula.
2.Change of variables for Kolmogorov equation.
3.Mean reverting equation.
4.Affine SDE.
5.Heston equations.
A.Affine equation approach to integration of the Heston equations.
B.PDE approach to integration of the Heston equations.
6.Displaced Heston equations.
7.Stochastic volatility.
8.Markovian projection.
9.Hamilton-Jacobi Equations.
IV.Data Analysis.
V.Implementation tools.
VI.Basic Math II.
VII.Implementation tools II.
Bibliography.
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PDE approach to integration of the Heston equations.


e are still investigating the equations ( Affine equations), ( Heston equations) and aiming to recover the expression for MATH were the process MATH is given by the equationsMATH and the MATH are constants, MATH are the increments of the independent standard Brownian motions. According to the general theory of the Backward Kolmogorov's equation ( Backward equation section) we have the following PDE and initial condition:MATHMATH We look for a solution of the formMATH We substitute such representation into the PDE:MATHMATH To transform the boundary condition we use the inverse Fourier transform:MATH The expression of the formMATH is Dirac's delta function. Indeed, for any smooth quickly decaying $f\left( x\right) $ and Fourier transform MATH MATH Hence,MATH

We continue with investigation of the equationMATH We seek a solution of the formMATH We haveMATH henceMATH The last equation should be satisfied for every $v$. Hence, we separate powers of $v$:MATH The above equations are subject to the final conditionsMATH The expressions for $\alpha$, $\beta$ may be obtained with the technique described in the section on the Ricati equation ( Ricatti equation).

We perform the transform back to the $\psi$:MATH





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