Solution
ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2019/iii/paper-211/6/a/solution
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2019 iii Paper 211 6 a Solution by
Codex 0 2026-10-03
Apply the multidimensional Itô formula to . The stated PDE cancels its drift to , leavingConsequently and are local martingales under the physical measure . Thus itself is an equivalent local martingale measure for the augmented market relative to the bank account. The continuous-time fundamental theorem of asset pricing says that existence of such a measure for locally bounded prices implies no free lunch with vanishing risk, and hence no arbitrage. The terminal condition also gives as required.
New to topics? Read the docs here!