We consider the use of finite volume methods for the approximation of a parabolic variational inequality arising in financial mathematics. We show, under some regularity conditions, the convergence of the upwind implicit finite volume scheme to a weak solution of the variational inequality in a bounded domain. Some results, obtained in comparison with other methods on two dimensional cases, show that finite volume schemes can be accurate and efficient.
Mots-clés : american option, variational inequality, finite volume method, convergence of numerical scheme
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Berton, Julien; Eymard, Robert. Finite volume methods for the valuation of american options. ESAIM: Modélisation mathématique et analyse numérique, Tome 40 (2006) no. 2, pp. 311-330. doi : 10.1051/m2an:2006011. http://archive.numdam.org/articles/10.1051/m2an:2006011/
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