
6.5 Some Computations on Bessel Bridges 379
We further denote by P
A
(r, T −u) the value at time u of an American put with
maturity T on a zero-coupon bond paying one monetary unit at time T
∗
with
T ≤ T
∗
. In a similar way, to the function F defined in the context of American
stock options, P
A
is differentiable and only piecewise twice differentiable in
the variable r.Itˆo’s formula leads to
R
t
T
P
A
(r
T
, 0) = P
A
(r
t
,T − t)+
T
t
R
t
u
L(P
A
)(r
u
,T − u) du
−
T
t
R
t
u
(r
u
P
A
(r
u
,T − u) − ∂
u
P
A
(r
u
,T − u))du
+
T
t
R
t
u
∂
r
P
A
(r
u
,T − u)σ
√
r
u
dW
u
(6.5.8)
where the infinitesimal generator L of the process solution of equation (6.5.6)
is defined by
L =
1
2
σ
2
r
∂
2
∂r
2
+ k(θ − r)
∂
∂r
.
Taking expectations and noting that the stochastic integral on the right-hand
side of (6.5.8) has 0 expectation, we obtain
E
Q
(R
t
T
P
A
(r
T
, 0)|F
t
)=P
A
(r
t
,T − t)+E
Q
T
t
R
t
u
L(P
A
)(r
u
,T − u) du|F
t
+ E
Q
T
t
R
t
u
(r
u
P
A
(r
u
,T − u) − ∂
u
P
A
(r
u
,T − u))du|F
t
. (6.5.9)
In the continuation region, P
A
satisfies the same partial differential equation
as the European put
A(r, T − u):=L(P
A
)(r, T − u)+rP
A
(r, T − u) − ∂
u
P
A
(r, T − u)) = 0,
∀u ∈ [t, T [, ∀r ∈]0,b(u)]
where b(u) is the level of the exercise boundary at time u:
b(u):=inf{α ∈ R
+
|P
A
(α, T −u)=K − B(α, T − u)}
Here, B(r, s)=exp(−A(s) − rG(s)) determines the price of the zero-coupon
bond with time to maturity s and current value of the spot interest rate r (see
Corollary 6.3.4.3). Therefore, the quantity A(r, T − u) is different from zero
only in the stopping region, i.e., when r
u
≥ b(u), or, since B is a decreasing
function of r (the function G is positive), when B(r
u
,T−u) ≤ B(b(u),T−u).
Equation (6.5.9) can be rewritten
E
Q
R
t
T
(K − B(r
T
,T
∗
− T ))
+
|F
t
= P
A
(r
t
,T − t)
+ E
Q
T
t
R
t
u
(−L(B(r
u
,T − u)) + r
u
(K − B(r
u
,T − u))
+ ∂
u
B(r
u
,T − u)) 1
{r
u
≥b(u)}
du|r
t
= r
. (6.5.10)