Bounds on European and American puts
(a) Using put-call parity and bounds on a European call, or otherwise, prove that the price of a European put on a stock paying no dividends satisfies
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(b) Prove that the price of an American put on the non-dividend paying stock satisfies
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(c) Give an example to show that the American put can be worth more than the European put, that is, where immediate exercise of the American gives payout at time T strictly greater than the payout of the European.