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Masthead 2021<\/h1>\n

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Convergence is published yearly by the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University for its students, alumni and friends to inform them about the department and serve as a channel of communication for our community. Readers with comments or questions are urged to send them to Convergence. The department is headed by Prasad Tetali.<\/p>\n

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Prasad Tetali, Department Head<\/p>\n

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The graph shows the volatility in percent on the vertical axis for IBM stock computed from the prices of options with differing strike prices and times to expiration using Dupire’s formula.<\/p>\n

Image generated by MathFinance AG based on data sources from Bloomberg for IBM volatilities of April 6, 2020.<\/p>\n

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