DISCRETIZATION OF THE BLACK-SCHOLES OPERATOR WITH A NATURAL LEFT-HAND SIDE BOUNDARY CONDITION

Lutz Angermann (Germany)

Received September 11, 2007

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Keywords and phrases: Black-Scholes equation, option valuation, fitted finite volume method.