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SebastianJansen
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To Paper: Which Free Lunch Would You Like Today, Sir?:

October 25th, 2011, 12:46 pm

Hi,i am actually trying to comprehend some of the formulas from the paper, and get some different results...e.g. Page 66 the bottom right integral Does anyone see my mistake?Thx a lot!
 
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October 25th, 2011, 3:31 pm

This reminds me very much of this
 
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October 25th, 2011, 3:36 pm

BTW, I haven't read the paper so I don't know why that equation looks like that (I mean wrong).
 
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Paul
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October 25th, 2011, 6:10 pm

The Vs are functions of time.P
 
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To Paper: Which Free Lunch Would You Like Today, Sir?:

October 25th, 2011, 6:31 pm

hang on .. isnt integral of d(whatever) just whatever ?
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October 25th, 2011, 6:33 pm

I assumed that's what DF was getting at (except that in his example the end result was correct!)P
 
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To Paper: Which Free Lunch Would You Like Today, Sir?:

October 25th, 2011, 6:44 pm

Wilmott Paper says it should be exactly (V^a-V^i)
 
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October 25th, 2011, 6:49 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: PaulI assumed that's what DF was getting at (except that in his example the end result was correct!)P
 
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To Paper: Which Free Lunch Would You Like Today, Sir?:

October 26th, 2011, 2:46 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: PaulThe Vs are functions of time.PVi(T)=Va(T) = intrinsic value at expiryPaolo
 
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To Paper: Which Free Lunch Would You Like Today, Sir?:

October 29th, 2011, 7:43 am

Right... Thank you for your help!