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37) involves adding the areas of n rectangles constructed using ti − ti−1 as the base and f ti − ti−1 /2 as the height. 8 displays this construction. Note that the small area A is approximately equal to the area B. This is especially true if the base of the rectangles is small and if the function f (t) is smooth—that is, does not vary heavily in small intervals. In case the sum of the rectangles fails to approximate the area under the curve, we may be able to correct this by considering a finer partition.
20) where xn represents an object that changes as n is increased. This “object” can be a sequence of numbers, a sequence of functions, or a sequence of operations. The essential point is that we are observing successive versions of xn . The notion of convergence of a sequence has to do with the “eventual” value of xn as n → ∞. In the case where xn represents real numbers, we can state this more formally: Definition 6. We say that a sequence of real numbers xn converges to x∗ < ∞ if for arbitrary ε > 0, there exists a N < ∞ such that xn − x∗ < ε for all n > N We call x∗ the limit of xn .
Other related material can be found in Harrison and Pliska (1981). The first chapter in Musiela and Rutkowski (1997) is excellent and very easy to read after this chapter. 9 APPENDIX: GENERALIZATION OF THE ARBITRAGE THEOREM According to the arbitrage theorem, if there are no-arbitrage possibilities, then there are “supporting”state prices {ψi }, such that each asset’s price today equals a linear combination of possible future values. The theorem is also true in reverse. If there are such (supporting) state prices, then there are no-arbitrage opportunities.