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In the Black-Scholes model the price at time 0 for a European option of the form with maturity is given by
(a) Find the price at time 0 of a European call option with maturity and strike price in terms of the standard normal distribution function. Derive the put-call parity to find the price of the corresponding European put option.
(b) The digital call option with maturity and strike price has payoff given by
What is the value of the option at any time ? Determine the number of units of the risky asset that are held in the hedging strategy at time .
(c) The digital put option with maturity and strike price has payoff
Find the put-call parity for digital options and deduce the Black-Scholes price at time 0 for a digital put.