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This book addresses the applications of Fourier transform to smile modeling. Smile effect is used generically by ?nancial engineers and risk managers to refer to the inconsistences of quoted implied volatilities in ?nancial markets, or more mat- matically, to the leptokurtic distributions of ?nancial assets and indices. Therefore, a sound modeling of smile effect is the central challenge in quantitative ?nance. Since more than one decade, Fourier transform has triggered a technical revolution in option pricing theory. Almost all new developed option pricing models, es- cially in connection with stochastic volatility and random jump, have extensively applied Fourier transform and the corresponding inverse transform to express - tion pricing formulas. The large accommodation of the Fourier transform allows for a very convenient modeling with a general class of stochastic processes and d- tributions. This book is then intended to present a comprehensive treatment of the Fourier transform in the option valuation, covering the most stochastic factors such as stochastic volatilities and interest rates, Poisson and Levy ´ jumps, including some asset classes such as equity, FX and interest rates, and providing numerical ex- ples and prototype programming codes. I hope that readers will bene?t from this book not only by gaining an overview of the advanced theory and the vast large l- erature on these topics, but also by gaining a ?rst-hand feedback from the practice on the applications and implementations of the theory.

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From the reviews of the second edition: The book is intended to present a comprehensive treatment of the Fourier transform in option pricing ... . It is aimed to graduate students and researchers looking for a compact introduction to smile modeling with Fourier transform, or to financial engineers and risk managers working on option pricing and willing to implement models with characteristic functions. ... a self-contained style, presenting the basic concepts of option pricing theory and the advanced techniques of asset modeling, especially with respect to Fourier transform and characteristic functions. (Iulian Stoleriu, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1182, 2010)

From the reviews of the second edition: “The book is intended to present a comprehensive treatment of the Fourier transform in option pricing … . It is aimed to graduate students and researchers looking for a compact introduction to smile modeling with Fourier transform, or to financial engineers and risk managers working on option pricing and willing to implement models with characteristic functions. … a self-contained style, presenting the basic concepts of option pricing theory and the advanced techniques of asset modeling, especially with respect to Fourier transform and characteristic functions.” (Iulian Stoleriu, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1182, 2010)

From the reviews of the second edition: The book is intended to present a comprehensive treatment of the Fourier transform in option pricing . It is aimed to graduate students and researchers looking for a compact introduction to smile modeling with Fourier transform, or to financial engineers and risk managers working on option pricing and willing to implement models with characteristic functions. a self-contained style, presenting the basic concepts of option pricing theory and the advanced techniques of asset modeling, especially with respect to Fourier transform and characteristic functions. (Iulian Stoleriu, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1182, 2010)

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