Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2005/iii/paper-48/2/a/solution

If the value is independent of spot, both spatial derivatives vanish. The Black-Scholes equation reduces to , so , where is an arbitrary constant. A constant terminal payoff is therefore discounted at the interest rate ; its separation constant is .

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