Numpy Exercise 3

Imports


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import numpy as np
%matplotlib inline
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import seaborn as sns
from math import exp

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import antipackage
import github.ellisonbg.misc.vizarray as va


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Geometric Brownian motion

Here is a function that produces standard Brownian motion using NumPy. This is also known as a Wiener Process.


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def brownian(maxt, n):
    """Return one realization of a Brownian (Wiener) process with n steps and a max time of t."""
    t = np.linspace(0.0,maxt,n)
    h = t[1]-t[0]
    Z = np.random.normal(0.0,1.0,n-1)
    dW = np.sqrt(h)*Z
    W = np.zeros(n)
    W[1:] = dW.cumsum()
    return t, W

Call the brownian function to simulate a Wiener process with 1000 steps and max time of 1.0. Save the results as two arrays t and W.


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t, W = brownian(1.0, 1000)

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assert isinstance(t, np.ndarray)
assert isinstance(W, np.ndarray)
assert t.dtype==np.dtype(float)
assert W.dtype==np.dtype(float)
assert len(t)==len(W)==1000

Visualize the process using plt.plot with t on the x-axis and W(t) on the y-axis. Label your x and y axes.


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plt.plot(t, W)
plt.xlabel('t')
plt.ylabel('W(t)')


Out[7]:
<matplotlib.text.Text at 0x7fab2950b810>

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assert True # this is for grading

Use np.diff to compute the changes at each step of the motion, dW, and then compute the mean and standard deviation of those differences.


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dW = np.diff(W)
np.mean(dW)
np.std(dW)


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0.031779803680345768

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assert len(dW)==len(W)-1
assert dW.dtype==np.dtype(float)

Write a function that takes $W(t)$ and converts it to geometric Brownian motion using the equation:

$$ X(t) = X_0 e^{((\mu - \sigma^2/2)t + \sigma W(t))} $$

Use Numpy ufuncs and no loops in your function.


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def geo_brownian(t, W, X0, mu, sigma):
    "Return X(t) for geometric brownian motion with drift mu, volatility sigma."""
    y = ((mu-(sigma**2)/2)*t+sigma*W)
    b = X0*np.exp(y)
    return(t, b)

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assert True # leave this for grading

Use your function to simulate geometric brownian motion, $X(t)$ for $X_0=1.0$, $\mu=0.5$ and $\sigma=0.3$ with the Wiener process you computed above.

Visualize the process using plt.plot with t on the x-axis and X(t) on the y-axis. Label your x and y axes.


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q, r = geo_brownian(t, W, 1.0, 0.5, 0.3)
plt.plot(q, r)
plt.xlabel('t')
plt.ylabel('X(t)')


Out[23]:
<matplotlib.text.Text at 0x7fab294ee390>

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assert True # leave this for grading

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