We show how the change-of-variable formula with local time on curves derived recently in [17] can be used to prove that the optimal stopping boundary for the American put option can be characterized as the unique solution of a nonlinear integral equation arising from the early exercise premium representation. This settles the question raised in [15] (dating back to [13]).
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