Characterizes neutral deformation modes of minimal surfaces.
problem Understanding the energy content of deformation modes of minimal surfaces.
method Analyzes the energy content of stretching, drilling, and bending modes of minimal surfaces.
result All isometries of a minimal surface are globally neutral and give rise to soft elasticity.
Paper introduces benchmark-neutral pricing for long-term contracts.
problem High prices of long-term contracts under risk-neutral pricing.
method Uses growth optimal portfolio as numeraire and new pricing measure.
result Identifies minimal possible prices for contingent claims.
The paper studies nilpotent structures in oriented neutral vector bundles and neutral hyperKähler structures.
problem Nilpotent structures in oriented neutral vector bundles and their relation to neutral hyperKähler structures.
method Defined H-nilpotent structures for Lie subgroups of SO(2n,2n) related to neutral hyperKähler structures. result Existence of complex and paracomplex structures forming neutral hyperKähler structures if and only if there exists an H-nilpotent structure. Study finds all 4D neutral manifolds.
problem Classifying neutral manifolds in four dimensions.
method Examined homogeneous semi-symmetric neutral manifolds.
result Identified all four-dimensional neutral manifolds.
The purpose of this article is to review some recent results on the geometry of neutral signature metrics in dimension four and their twistor spaces. The following topics are considered: Neutral Kähler and hyperkähler surfaces, Walker metrics, Neutral anti-self-dual 4-manifolds and projective structures, Twistor spaces…
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Optimizes risk-neutral probabilities for derivative pricing.
problem Deriving bounds on derivative values under multiple risk-neutral scenarios.
method Convex optimization over the set of risk-neutral probability distributions.
result Tractable finite-dimensional optimization problems for pricing.
This paper considers aspects of 4-manifold topology from the point of view of the null cone of a neutral metric, a point of view we call neutral causal topology. In particular, we construct and investigate neutral 4-manifolds with null boundaries that arise from canonical 3- and 4-dimensional settings. A null hypersurf…
The paper shows how to calculate risk-neutral default probabilities from bid and ask CDS quotes.
problem Calculating risk-neutral default probabilities from market quotes.
method Using conic finance framework and Poisson process to formulate and solve the calibration problem.
result A unique solution for risk-neutral default probabilities and implied liquidity.
Simulates risk-neutral markets using neural spline flows.
problem Creating realistic risk-neutral market simulations.
method Developed a low-dimensional martingale representation and used neural spline flows for sampling.
result The calibrated simulator is closest to historical data with respect to Kullback-Leibler divergence.
Generative model uses DDPMs for risk-neutral derivative pricing.
problem Derivative pricing using arbitrage-free models.
method Developed a framework using DDPMs to generate risk-neutral asset price dynamics.
result Empirically validated the method for both European and path-dependent derivatives.
The aim of this paper is to give examples of compact neutral 4-manifolds (M,g) whose Ricci tensor ρ satisfies the relation ∇Xρ(X,X)=31Xτg(X,X). We present also a family of new Einstein bi-Hermitian neutral metrics on ruled surfaces of genus g>1.
The paper shows that benchmark-neutral pricing minimizes option prices.
problem Pricing extreme-maturity European put options on diversified indices.
method Benchmark-neutral pricing applied to a drifted time-transformed squared Bessel process.
result Benchmark-neutral price is the minimal possible price, risk-neutral price is more expensive.
Project estimates risk-neutral dependence from option prices.
problem Extracting risk-neutral dependence from option prices.
method Projection estimator using portfolios of observed options.
result Estimates risk-neutral dependence in incomplete markets.
Paper studies pricing and hedging of nonreplicable insurance contracts using benchmark-neutral approach.
problem Pricing and hedging of long-term insurance contracts like variable annuities.
method Benchmark-neutral pricing framework using stock growth optimal portfolio as numéraire.
result Prices can be significantly lower than risk-neutral ones, offering attractive long-term risk-management.
Minimal surfaces can be transformed into others with unchanged bending content.
problem Understanding the deformation properties of minimal surfaces.
method Refined polar decomposition theorem to identify bending-neutral deformations.
result Every minimal surface can be transformed into another by a bending-neutral deformation.
Extends wealth tax neutrality framework to stochastic volatility and non-homothetic preferences.
problem Ensuring wealth taxes are neutral under various economic conditions.
method Extended Frøseth's neutrality framework to stochastic volatility and non-homothetic preferences, identified four channels of non-neutrality, and applied the framework to global minimum wealth taxes.
result Non-uniform assessment, general equilibrium effects, progressive thresholds, and endogenous labour supply can cause non-neutrality under CRRA preferences.
We reformulate wealth taxation using Fokker-Planck equations to ensure tax neutrality.
problem Ensuring tax neutrality in wealth taxation frameworks.
method Reformulating the neutral wealth tax framework using stochastic dynamics and statistical physics, specifically Fokker-Planck equations.
result The framework clarifies when wealth taxation is a benign rescaling of dynamics and when it introduces new physics.
Generative model prices options and extracts risk-neutral densities.
problem Price options and extract risk-neutral densities from market data.
method Model log-returns as a generative model, using neural nets for location, scale, and higher-order moments, with stringent conditions to avoid arbitrage.
result The model efficiently generates samples to price options and accommodates diverse risk-neutral densities.
AlphaZeroBeta uses deep reinforcement learning for market-neutral portfolios, outperforming traditional methods.
problem Traditional portfolio management methods often fail during market regime shifts or when assumptions break down.
method Combines a composite reward function and CNN-GRU policy trained end-to-end via Recurrent PPO.
result Achieves higher Sharpe ratios than baselines while maintaining near-zero benchmark correlations.
Study finds cryptocurrency market diversity patterns inconsistent with neutral models.
problem Cryptocurrency market diversity patterns not consistent with neutral models.
method Analysis borrowing methods from ecology, focusing on diversity patterns and community structure.
result Cryptocurrency market diversity patterns not consistent with neutral models, suggesting strong interactions between species.
Deep Hedging learns risk-neutral vol dynamics for option pricing.
problem Statistical arbitrage in market dynamics without transaction costs.
method Numerical approach to train market simulator and find risk-neutral density.
result Risk-neutral model for stochastic implied volatility can be used for pricing or Deep Hedging.
It is shown that if a compact four-dimensional manifold with metric of neutral signature is Jordan-Osserman, then it is either of constant sectional curvature or Ricci flat.
Notation for spin coefficients for metrics of neutral signature in four dimensions is introduced. The utility and interpretation of spin coefficients is explored through themes in null geometry familiar from (complex) general relativity. Four-dimensional Walker geometry is exploited to provide examples and the generali…
Study extends wealth tax neutrality framework to heterogeneous investors.
problem Analyzing wealth tax neutrality in populations with varying return-generating ability.
method Extended Fokker-Planck framework to heterogeneous investors, deriving extended Fokker-Planck equation.
result Proportional wealth tax no longer neutral due to varying return-generating ability, leading to different real incidence and wealth distribution changes.
Investment strategy for NYSE stocks minimizes market correlation.
problem Minimizing market correlation for steady returns.
method Combining momentum, fundamentals, and analyst recommendations; feature selection; backtesting various portfolio construction methods.
result Risk parity outperformed other methods, offering higher Sharpe ratio and lower beta.
We give the classification of constant mean curvature rotational surfaces of elliptic, hyperbolic, and parabolic type in the four-dimensional pseudo-Euclidean space with neutral metric.
The paper embeds CR manifolds into twistor spaces and constructs neutral hyperkähler metrics.
problem Embedding CR manifolds into twistor spaces and constructing neutral hyperkähler metrics.
method Embedding a real analytic twistor CR manifold into the twistor space of a Poincaré-Einstein metric, constructing the associated Fefferman ambient metric as a neutral hyperkähler metric.
result The construction of neutral hyperkähler metrics associated with twistor CR manifolds.
Proposes a method to construct risk-neutral marginals from arbitrage-free option prices.
problem Lack of risk-neutral marginals that are free of arbitrage and easy to use.
method Explicit construction of risk-neutral marginals from discrete arbitrage-free option prices.
result Explicit construction guarantees risk-neutral marginals free of butterfly and calendar arbitrage.
In this paper, we propose novel strategies for neutral vector variable decorrelation. Two fundamental invertible transformations, namely serial nonlinear transformation and parallel nonlinear transformation, are proposed to carry out the decorrelation. For a neutral vector variable, which is not multivariate Gaussian d…
We establish a connection between capillary floating in neutral equilibrium and the billiard ball problem. This allows us to reduce the question of floating in neutral equilibrium at any orientation with a prescribed contact angle for infinite homogeneous cylinders to a question about billiard caustics for their orthog…
Study of pure spinors on neutral manifolds with applications to supersymmetric solutions.
problem Characterizing pure spinors and their properties on neutral manifolds.
method Using the theory of real spinorial forms and differential systems, the square of pure spinors is analyzed.
result Non-pure spinors correspond to specific structures in signature (4,4), and parallel spinors are characterized by differential systems.
Three types of Einstein metrics are disqualified as potential local maxima.
problem Identifying local maxima of the Hilbert action in Einstein metrics.
method Analysis of three infinite families of neutrally stable homogeneous Einstein metrics.
result Three families of Einstein metrics ruled out as local maxima.
Classifies Heisenberg-invariant self-dual Einstein manifolds with explicit metrics.
problem Classifying self-dual Einstein manifolds invariant under Heisenberg group actions.
method Explicit construction of metrics and analysis of completeness.
result Einstein constants can vary and solutions exist for non-zero Ricci curvature.
Develops a binary tree model for option pricing with skew dynamics.
problem Option pricing in incomplete markets with skew dynamics.
method Binary tree model with skew Brownian motion dynamics.
result Model preserves skewness under both discrete and continuous time limits.
We present a reactive beta model that includes the leverage effect to allow hedge fund managers to target a near-zero beta for market neutral strategies. For this purpose, we derive a metric of correlation with leverage effect to identify the relation between the market beta and volatility changes. An empirical test ba…
The risk-neutral option pricing method under GARCH intensity model is examined. The GARCH intensity model incorporates the characteristics of financial return series such as volatility clustering, leverage effect and conditional asymmetry. The GARCH intensity option pricing model has flexibility in changing the volatil…
The paper bounds payoffs and option prices in discrete models.
problem Measuring risk in discrete models and incomplete markets.
method Analytical and simulated bounds for payoff functions and option prices.
result Analytical and simulated bounds for European and American options.
Word embedding models have become a fundamental component in a wide range of Natural Language Processing (NLP) applications. However, embeddings trained on human-generated corpora have been demonstrated to inherit strong gender stereotypes that reflect social constructs. To address this concern, in this paper, we propo…
This paper highlights the role of risk neutral investors in generating endogenous bubbles in derivatives markets. We find that a market for derivatives, which has all the features of a perfect market except completeness and has some risk neutral investors, can exhibit extreme price movements which represent a violation…
We consider the problem of optimal investment in a market with two cointegrated stocks and an agent with CRRA utility. We extend the findings of Liu and Timmermann [The Review of Financial Studies, 26(4):1048-1086, 2013] by paying special attention to when/if the associated stochastic control problem is well-posed and …
Study on null-projectability of Levi-Civita connections in neutral metrics.
problem Characterizing projectability of Levi-Civita connections along null parallel distributions.
method Analyzing projectability of torsion-free connections along foliations on manifolds, focusing on neutral metric signatures and mid-dimensional distributions.
result Extension of Patterson and Walker's Riemann extension metrics to null parallel distributions of any dimension.
Regulations impose idiosyncratic capital and funding costs for holding derivatives. Capital requirements are costly because derivatives desks are risky businesses; funding is costly in part because regulations increase the minimum funding tenor. Idiosyncratic costs mean no single measure makes derivatives martingales f…
A new method calculates implied volatilities without using option prices.
problem Calculating implied volatilities without option prices.
method Conic finance approach to uniquely strip volatilities from bid and ask quotes.
result Allows joint calculation of implied liquidity from bid and ask quotes.
Quantum Portfolios of quantum algorithms encoded on qbits have recently been reported. In this paper a discussion of the continuous variables version of quantum portfolios is presented. A risk neutral valuation model for options dependent on the measured values of the observables, analogous to the traditional Black-Sch…
We study the stability of compact pseudo-Kähler manifolds, i.e. compact complex manifolds X endowed with a symplectic form compatible with the complex structure of X. When the corresponding metric is positive-definite, X is Kähler and any sufficiently small deformation of X admits a Kähler metric by a well-know…
TRP uses tree-based approach for market-neutral portfolios.
problem Creating non-binary, market-neutral portfolios with signed signals.
method Tree-based portfolio construction with minimum-spanning-tree and sector-anchored variants.
result TRP outperforms HRP in preserving signal direction and managing exposures.
Framework improves risk neutral density estimation in illiquid markets.
problem Challenges in estimating Risk Neutral Density in illiquid markets.
method Introduces Deep Log-Sum-Exp Neural Network leveraging Deep and Transfer learning.
result Framework recovers Risk Neutral Density with few option quotes in severe illiquidity.