\documentclass[a4paper,11pt, twoside]{book} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{rotating} \usepackage{multirow} \usepackage{a4,fancyhdr} \pagestyle{fancyplain} \linespread{1.1} %% some redefination of the headers and footers \renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]% {\markboth{#1}{}} \renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]% {\markright{\thesection\ #1}} \lhead[\fancyplain{}{\thepage}]% {\fancyplain{}{\rightmark}} \rhead[\fancyplain{}{\leftmark}]% {\fancyplain{}{\thepage}} \cfoot{} \sloppy \usepackage[Sonny]{fncychap} \ChTitleVar{\huge\sf} % insert program listings using \listing{} \newcount\lineno \font\Alisttt=cmtt9 at 9 truept \font\Alistrm=cmr8 at 8 truept \def\uncatcodespecials{\def\do##1{\catcode`##1=12 }\dospecials} \def\listing#1{\par\begingroup\setupverbatim\input#1 \endgroup} \def\setupverbatim{ \Alisttt\baselineskip= 8.5truept\lineskip=1truept \lineskiplimit=1truept\topskip=0pt \lineno=0 \def\par{\leavevmode\egroup\box0\endgraf} \obeylines \uncatcodespecials \obeyspaces \catcode`\`=\active \catcode`\^^I=\active \everypar{\advance\lineno by1 \llap{\Alistrm\the\lineno\ \ }\startbox}} \newdimen\w \setbox0=\hbox{\Alisttt\space} \w=8\wd0 \def\startbox{\setbox0=\hbox\bgroup} {\catcode`\^^I=\active \gdef^^I{\leavevmode\egroup \dimen0=\wd0 \divide\dimen0 by\w \multiply\dimen0 by\w \advance\dimen0 by\w \wd0=\dimen0 \box0 \startbox}} {\obeyspaces\global\let =\ } {\catcode`\`=\active \gdef`{\relax\lq}} %\usepackage{doxygen} %\include{pdfs} %maple setup %\usepackage{maple2e} % \def\emptyline{\vspace{12pt}} %\DefineParaStyle{Maple Output} %\DefineParaStyle{Maple Plot} %\DefineCharStyle{2D Math} %\DefineCharStyle{2D Output} \setlength\arraycolsep{2pt} \newtheorem{definition}{Definition}[section] \newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}[section] \newtheorem{lemma}{Lemma}[section] \newtheorem{proposition}{Proposition}[section] \newtheorem{example}{Example}[section] %% start the show... \begin{document} \begin{titlepage} \vspace*{2in} \par\noindent \begin{Huge}{Pricing American Options by\newline Simulation with Importance Sampling}\end{Huge} \par\noindent \rule{\textwidth}{0.4pt} \par \begin{center} \vspace{1.5in} {\LARGE Simon J. Pascoe} {\Large \par \vspace{1.5in} A Thesis submitted for the Degree of Master of Science in Mathematics \par \vspace{0.5in} Imperial College London \par \vspace{0.5in} June 2006} \end{center} \end{titlepage} \setcounter{page}{1} \pagenumbering{roman} \tableofcontents \listoftables \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Tables} \listoffigures \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Figures} \clearpage \chapter*{Acknowledgements} \include{introduction} \part{Single Factor Options} \include{pricing} \include{lsmethod} \include{isampling} \part{Extensions to Multifactor Options} \include{multifactor} \include{multisampling} \part{Option Pricing Framework and Further Examples} \include{framework} \include{applications} \part{Conclusions and Summary} \include{theend} \part{Reference} \begin{appendix} \appendix \include{app_vs2005} \include{app_cd} \include{app_docs} \end{appendix} \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Bibliography} \bibliographystyle{alpha} \thispagestyle{empty} \bibliography{bib} \end{document}