Speaker: 

Dr. Ryan Hynd

Institution: 

Courant Institute

Time: 

Tuesday, May 3, 2011 - 3:00pm

Location: 

RH 306

We study the asymptotic analysis of solutions of a sequence of PDE with gradient constraint arising in an option pricing model with transaction costs. The limit of these solutions satisfies a nonlinear Black Scholes type equation. An interesting feature of this
work is that the nonlinearity in the Black Scholes type equation comes about as a solution of a nonstandard eigenvalue PDE problem.