Solution

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The contingent claim payoff derivative is . Differentiating the risk-neutral valuation is justified by the finite lognormal distribution, and is proportional to the starting stock value . Thus
For a lognormal terminal stock, completing the square in its Gaussian exponent gives
Use and , and let . The result is
As this tends to , including value zero at , as required. The extra in the option delta PDE's stock drift gives the same shifted Gaussian arguments. This is delta of a squared positive-part call.

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