Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
1998-02-12
European Physical Journal B 3, 125-137 (1998)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
24 pages, European Physical Journal B (in press)
Scientific paper
10.1007/s100510050291
We propose a formulation of the term structure of interest rates in which the forward curve is seen as the deformation of a string. We derive the general condition that the partial differential equations governing the motion of such string must obey in order to account for the condition of absence of arbitrage opportunities. This condition takes a form similar to a fluctuation-dissipation theorem, albeit on the same quantity (the forward rate), linking the bias to the covariance of variation fluctuations. We provide the general structure of the models that obey this constraint in the framework of stochastic partial (possibly non-linear) differential equations. We derive the general solution for the pricing and hedging of interest rate derivatives within this framework, albeit for the linear case (we also provide in the appendix a simple and intuitive derivation of the standard European option problem). We also show how the ``string'' formulation simplifies into a standard N-factor model under a Galerkin approximation.
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