Existence and Uniqueness of Viscosity Solutions of an Integro-differential Equation Arising in Option Pricing

We prove the existence and uniqueness of the viscosity solution of an integro-differential equation (IDE) arising in the pricing of American-style multi-asset options in a multivariate Ornstein--Uh...

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