Machine learningNumerical Methods
Crank-Nicolson Pricing
The Crank-Nicolson method is a widely-used implicit finite difference scheme for solving PDEs in option pricing. It provides second-order accuracy in both space and time, unconditional stability, and can efficiently price derivatives with early exercise features (American options) or complex boundary conditions.
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- Crank, J., & Nicolson, P. (1947). A practical method for numerical evaluation of solutions of partial differential equations of the heat-conduction type. Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 43(1), 50-67. DOI: 10.1017/S0305004100023197 ↗
- Fornberg, B. (1996). A Practical Guide to Pseudospectral Methods. Cambridge University Press. DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511626357 ↗