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Efficient evaluation of expectations of functions of a stable L\'evy process and its extremum

Probability 2022-09-27 v1 Numerical Analysis Numerical Analysis Computational Finance

Abstract

Integral representations for expectations of functions of a stable L\'evy process XX and its supremum Xˉ\bar X are derived. As examples, cumulative probability distribution functions (cpdf) of XT,\barXTX_T, \barX_T, the joint cpdf of XTX_T and \barXT\barX_T, and the expectation of (\beXT\barXT)+(\be X_T-\barX_T)_+, \be>1\be>1, are considered, and efficient numerical procedures for cpdfs are developed. The most efficient numerical methods use the conformal acceleration technique and simplified trapezoid rule.

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@article{arxiv.2209.12349,
  title  = {Efficient evaluation of expectations of functions of a stable L\'evy process and its extremum},
  author = {Svetlana Boyarchenko and Sergei Levendorskiĭ},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.12349},
  year   = {2022}
}