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Lévy processes and stochastic calculus
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ISBN: 0521832632 0511211198 9780511211195 9780521832632 0511216564 9780511216565 0511212968 9780511212963 0511214774 9780511214776 9780511755323 0511755325 1107148871 1280540400 9786610540402 0511315341 Year: 2004 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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Lévy processes form a wide and rich class of random process, and have many applications ranging from physics to finance. Stochastic calculus is the mathematics of systems interacting with random noise. For the first time in a book, Applebaum ties the two subjects together. He begins with an introduction to the general theory of Lévy processes. The second part develops the stochastic calculus for Lévy processes in a direct and accessible way. En route, the reader is introduced to important concepts in modern probability theory, such as martingales, semimartingales, Markov and Feller processes, semigroups and generators, and the theory of Dirichlet forms. There is a careful development of stochastic integrals and stochastic differential equations driven by Lévy processes. The book introduces all the tools that are needed for the stochastic approach to option pricing, including Itô's formula, Girsanov's theorem and the martingale representation theorem.


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Lévy processes in credit risk
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ISBN: 9780470743065 0470743069 Year: 2009 Publisher: Chichester Wiley

Levy processes
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ISBN: 0521562430 0521646324 9780521562430 9780521646321 Year: 1996 Volume: 121 Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge university press,

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"This 1996 book is a comprehensive account of the theory of Lévy processes. This branch of modern probability theory has been developed over recent years and has many applications in such areas as queues, mathematical finance and risk estimation. Professor Bertoin has used the powerful interplay between the probabilistic structure (independence and stationarity of the increments) and analytic tools (especially Fourier and Laplace transforms) to give a quick and concise treatment of the core theory, with the minimum of technical requirements. Special properties of subordinators are developed and then appear as key features in the study of the local times of real-valued Lévy processes and in fluctuation theory. Lévy processes with no positive jumps receive special attention, as do stable processes. In sum, this will become the standard reference on the subject for all working probability theorists." [Back cover]

Lévy processes and infinitely divisible distributions
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ISBN: 0521553024 9780521553025 Year: 1999 Volume: 68 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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Le;vy processes are rich mathematical objects and constitute perhaps the most basic class of stochastic processes with a continuous time parameter. This book is intended to provide the reader with comprehensive basic knowledge of Le;vy processes, and at the same time serve as an introduction to stochastic processes in general. No specialist knowledge is assumed and proofs are given in detail. Systematic study is made of stable and semi-stable processes, and the author gives special emphasis to the correspondence between Le;vy processes and infinitely divisible distributions. All serious students of random phenomena will find that this book has much to offer.

Levy statistics and laser cooling : how rare events bring atoms to rest
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ISBN: 9780511755668 9780521808217 9780521004220 0511016018 9780511016011 051175566X 9780511044595 0511044593 0521808219 0521004225 0511155727 9780511155727 1107124697 1282389092 0511642911 9786612389092 051156144X Year: 2002 Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,

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Laser cooling of atoms provides an ideal case study for the application of Lévy statistics in a privileged situation where the statistical model can be derived from first principles. This book demonstrates how the most efficient laser cooling techniques can be simply and quantitatively understood in terms of non-ergodic random processes dominated by a few rare events. Lévy statistics are now recognised as the proper tool for analysing many different problems for which standard Gaussian statistics are inadequate. Laser cooling provides a simple example of how Lévy statistics can yield analytic predictions that can be compared to other theoretical approaches and experimental results. The authors of this book are world leaders in the fields of laser cooling and light-atom interactions, and are renowned for their clear presentation. This book will therefore hold much interest for graduate students and researchers in the fields of atomic physics, quantum optics, and statistical physics.

Exotic option pricing and advanced Lévy models
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ISBN: 0470016841 9780470016848 9786610355686 9780470017203 0470017201 1280355689 Year: 2005 Publisher: Chichester Wiley

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Since around the turn of the millennium there has been a general acceptance that one of the more practical improvements one may make in the light of the shortfalls of the classical Black-Scholes model is to replace the underlying source of randomness, a Brownian motion, by a Lévy process. Working with Lévy processes allows one to capture desirable distributional characteristics in the stock returns. In addition, recent work on Lévy processes has led to the understanding of many probabilistic and analytical properties, which make the processes attractive as mathematical tools. At the same time, exotic derivatives are gaining increasing importance as financial instruments and are traded nowadays in large quantities in OTC markets. The current volume is a compendium of chapters, each of which consists of discursive review and recent research on the topic of exotic option pricing and advanced Lévy markets, written by leading scientists in this field. In recent years, Lévy processes have leapt to the fore as a tractable mechanism for modeling asset returns. Exotic option values are especially sensitive to an accurate portrayal of these dynamics. This comprehensive volume provides a valuable service for financial researchers everywhere by assembling key contributions from the world's leading researchers in the field. Peter Carr, Head of Quantitative Finance, Bloomberg LP. This book provides a front-row seat to the hottest new field in modern finance: options pricing in turbulent markets. The old models have failed, as many a professional investor can sadly attest. So many of the brightest minds in mathematical finance across the globe are now in search of new, more accurate models. Here, in one volume, is a comprehensive selection of this cutting-edge research.

Lévy processes in finance : pricing financial derivatives
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ISBN: 0470851562 9780470851562 Year: 2003 Publisher: Chichester: Wiley,

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Money market. Capital market --- Stochastic processes --- Actuarial mathematics --- Capital structure --- Derivative securities --- Lévy processes --- Instruments dérivés (Finances) --- Lévy, Processus de --- Prices --- Mathematical models. --- Prix --- Modèles mathématiques --- Mathematical models --- 305.91 --- 333.605 --- AA / International- internationaal --- 519.246 --- 336.76 --- -Levy processes --- -Lévy processes --- 332.6457 --- Random walks (Mathematics) --- Derivative financial instruments --- Derivative financial products --- Derivative instruments --- Derivatives (Finance) --- Financial derivatives --- Securities --- Structured notes (Securities) --- Econometrie van de financiële activa. Portfolio allocation en management. CAPM. Bubbles. --- Nieuwe financiële instrumenten. --- Statistics of stochastic processes. Estimation of stochastic processes. Hypothesis testing. Statistics of point processes. Time series analysis. Auto-correlation. Regression --- Beurswezen. Geldmarkt. Valutamarkt. Binnenlandse geldmarkt. Valutamarkt --- -Mathematical models --- Lévy processes. --- 336.76 Beurswezen. Geldmarkt. Valutamarkt. Binnenlandse geldmarkt. Valutamarkt --- 519.246 Statistics of stochastic processes. Estimation of stochastic processes. Hypothesis testing. Statistics of point processes. Time series analysis. Auto-correlation. Regression --- Lévy processes --- Instruments dérivés (Finances) --- Lévy, Processus de --- Modèles mathématiques --- Prices&delete& --- Econometrie van de financiële activa. Portfolio allocation en management. CAPM. Bubbles --- Nieuwe financiële instrumenten --- Derivative securities - Prices - Mathematical models

Introductory Lectures on Fluctuations of Lévy Processes with Applications
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ISBN: 3540313427 9783540313427 3540313435 Year: 2006 Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,

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Lévy processes are the natural continuous-time analogue of random walks and form a rich class of stochastic processes around which a robust mathematical theory exists. Their mathematical significance is justified by their application in many areas of classical and modern stochastic models including storage models, renewal processes, insurance risk models, optimal stopping problems, mathematical finance and continuous-state branching processes. This text book forms the basis of a graduate course on the theory and applications of Lévy processes, from the perspective of their path fluctuations. Central to the presentation are decompositions of the paths of Lévy processes in terms of their local maxima and an understanding of their short- and long-term behaviour. The book aims to be mathematically rigorous while still providing an intuitive feel for underlying principles. The results and applications often focus on the case of Lévy processes with jumps in only one direction, for which recent theoretical advances have yielded a higher degree of mathematical transparency and explicitness. Each chapter has a comprehensive set of exercises with complete solutions.

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