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Large deviations for transient random walks in random environment on a Galton–Watson tree

Elie Aidékon (2010)

Annales de l'I.H.P. Probabilités et statistiques

Consider a random walk in random environment on a supercritical Galton–Watson tree, and let τn be the hitting time of generation n. The paper presents a large deviation principle for τn/n, both in quenched and annealed cases. Then we investigate the subexponential situation, revealing a polynomial regime similar to the one encountered in one dimension. The paper heavily relies on estimates on the tail distribution of the first regeneration time.

Large deviations for voter model occupation times in two dimensions

G. Maillard, T. Mountford (2009)

Annales de l'I.H.P. Probabilités et statistiques

We study the decay rate of large deviation probabilities of occupation times, up to time t, for the voter model η: ℤ2×[0, ∞)→{0, 1} with simple random walk transition kernel, starting from a Bernoulli product distribution with density ρ∈(0, 1). In [Probab. Theory Related Fields77 (1988) 401–413], Bramson, Cox and Griffeath showed that the decay rate order lies in [log(t), log2(t)]. In this paper, we establish the true decay rates depending on the level. We show that the decay rates are log2(t) when...

Large deviations from the circular law

Gérard Ben Arous, Ofer Zeitouni (2010)

ESAIM: Probability and Statistics

We prove a full large deviations principle, in the scale N2, for the empirical measure of the eigenvalues of an N x N (non self-adjoint) matrix composed of i.i.d. zero mean random variables with variance N-1. The (good) rate function which governs this rate function possesses as unique minimizer the circular law, providing an alternative proof of convergence to the latter. The techniques are related to recent work by Ben Arous and Guionnet, who treat the self-adjoint case. A crucial role...

Large deviations principle by viscosity solutions: the case of diffusions with oblique Lipschitz reflections

Magdalena Kobylanski (2013)

Annales de l'I.H.P. Probabilités et statistiques

We establish a Large Deviations Principle for diffusions with Lipschitz continuous oblique reflections on regular domains. The rate functional is given as the value function of a control problem and is proved to be good. The proof is based on a viscosity solution approach. The idea consists in interpreting the probabilities as the solutions to some PDEs, make the logarithmic transform, pass to the limit, and then identify the action functional as the solution of the limiting equation.

Large population limit and time behaviour of a stochastic particle model describing an age-structured population

Viet Chi Tran (2008)

ESAIM: Probability and Statistics


We study a continuous-time discrete population structured by a vector of ages. Individuals reproduce asexually, age and die. The death rate takes interactions into account. Adapting the approach of Fournier and Méléard, we show that in a large population limit, the microscopic process converges to the measure-valued solution of an equation that generalizes the McKendrick-Von Foerster and Gurtin-McCamy PDEs in demography. The large deviations associated with this convergence are studied. The upper-bound...

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