Black-Scholes Model, comparison between Analytical Solution and Numerical Analysis

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Main Author: Romaggi, Francesco
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author Romaggi, Francesco
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contents The main purpose of this article is to give a general overview and understanding of the first widely used option-pricing model, the Black-Scholes model. The history and context are presented, with the usefulness and implications in the economics world. A brief review of fundamental calculus concepts is introduced to derive and solve the model. The equation is then resolved using both an analytical (variable separation) and a numerical method (finite differences). Conclusions are drawn in order to understand how Black-Scholes is employed nowadays. At the end a handy appendix (A) is written with some economics notions to ease the reader's comprehension of the paper; furthermore a second appendix (B) is given with some code scripts, to allow the reader to put in practice some concepts.
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spellingShingle Black-Scholes Model, comparison between Analytical Solution and Numerical Analysis
Romaggi, Francesco
Pricing of Securities
Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
Computational Finance
Risk Management
91G80, 35Q91, 65M06, 65M12, 60H30
G.1.8; G.1.10; I.6.5; J.4
The main purpose of this article is to give a general overview and understanding of the first widely used option-pricing model, the Black-Scholes model. The history and context are presented, with the usefulness and implications in the economics world. A brief review of fundamental calculus concepts is introduced to derive and solve the model. The equation is then resolved using both an analytical (variable separation) and a numerical method (finite differences). Conclusions are drawn in order to understand how Black-Scholes is employed nowadays. At the end a handy appendix (A) is written with some economics notions to ease the reader's comprehension of the paper; furthermore a second appendix (B) is given with some code scripts, to allow the reader to put in practice some concepts.
title Black-Scholes Model, comparison between Analytical Solution and Numerical Analysis
topic Pricing of Securities
Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
Computational Finance
Risk Management
91G80, 35Q91, 65M06, 65M12, 60H30
G.1.8; G.1.10; I.6.5; J.4
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.27277