On numerical stability of recursive present value computation method
Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
2025-10-20 v2 Numerical Analysis
Numerical Analysis
Abstract
We analyze numerical stability of a recursive computation scheme of present value (PV) amd show that the absolute error increases exponentially for positive discount rates. We show that reversing the direction of calculations in the recurrence equation yields a robust PV computation routine.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cs/0611049,
title = {On numerical stability of recursive present value computation method},
author = {Argyn Kuketayev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cs/0611049},
year = {2025}
}
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6 pages, 2 tables