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Variational representations of Varadhan functionals

Author(s): Harold Bell; Wlodzimierz Bryc
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 129 (2001), 2119-2125.
MSC (2000): Primary 60F10
Posted: November 21, 2000
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Abstract:

Motivated by the theory of large deviations, we introduce a class of non-negative non-linear functionals that have a variational ``rate function" representation.


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Additional Information:

Harold Bell
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 210025, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221--0025
Email: bellh@math.uc.edu

Wlodzimierz Bryc
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 210025, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221--0025
Email: brycwz@email.uc.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-00-05764-6
PII: S 0002-9939(00)05764-6
Keywords: Large deviation, \v{C}ech-Stone compactification, Varadhan functionals, rate functions
Received by editor(s): June 11, 1999
Received by editor(s) in revised form: November 10, 1999
Posted: November 21, 2000
Communicated by: Claudia Neuhauser
Copyright of article: Copyright 2000, American Mathematical Society


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