Math 592A: Large deviations

Krzysztof Burdzy

Winter 2000, MWF 2:30-3:20


This will be a short, one-quarter introduction to an important area of current research in probability theory.  Large deviations theory studies probabilities of very unlikely events.  I have not decided on the textbook yet, but the following one is a likely choice:

Dembo, Amir; Zeitouni, Ofer: Large deviations techniques and applications.  Second edition.  Applications of Mathematics, 38, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1998, ISBN 0-387-98406-2.