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The martingale representation theorem and stochastic volatility models.
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The Girsanov theorem in the multidimensional case. Novikov's condition.
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Stochastic integral of complex-valued processes. Levy's characterization of a multidimensional Brownian motion.
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The Kolmogorov backward equation. The Feynman-Kac representation formula in the whole space and in bounded domains. Application: barrier options.
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Multidimensional stochastic integrals: definition, linearity, mean and covariance matrix, martingale property, cross-variation.
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Equivalent probability measures. Conditional expectation and martingales under the new probability.
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The Kolmogorov backward equation.
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The stochastic integral is a continuous martingale.
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Examples of Brownian martingales: Brownian motion, exponential and square of a Brownian motion.
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