Proof-Carrying No-Arbitrage Surfaces: Constructive PCA-Smolyak Meets Chain-Consistent Diffusion with c-EMOT Certificates
Abstract
We study the construction of SPX--VIX (multi\textendash product) option surfaces that are simultaneously free of static arbitrage and dynamically chain\textendash consistent across maturities. Our method unifies \emph{constructive} PCA--Smolyak approximation and a \emph{chain\textendash consistent} diffusion model with a tri\textendash marginal, martingale\textendash constrained entropic OT (c\textendash EMOT) bridge on a single yardstick . We provide \emph{computable certificates} with explicit constant dependence: a strong\textendash convexity lower bound controlled by the whitened kernel Gram's , the entropic strength , and a martingale\textendash moment radius; solver correctness via and geometric decay ; and a -Lipschitz metric projection guaranteeing Dupire/Greeks stability. Finally, we report an end\textendash to\textendash end \emph{log\textendash additive} risk bound and a \emph{Gate\textendash V2} decision protocol that uses tolerance bands (from \textendash mixing concentration) and tail\textendash robust summaries, under which all tests \emph{pass}: for example , , empirical Lipschitz , and Dupire nonincrease certificate .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2511.09175,
title = {Proof-Carrying No-Arbitrage Surfaces: Constructive PCA-Smolyak Meets Chain-Consistent Diffusion with c-EMOT Certificates},
author = {Jian'an Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.09175},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
51 pages; includes figures, algorithms, and appendices