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Large Deviations

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S. R. S. Varadhan, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York, NY

Publication: Courant Lecture Notes
Publication Year: 2016; Volume 27
ISBNs: 978-0-8218-4086-3 (print); 978-1-4704-3585-1 (online)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/cln/027
MathSciNet review: MR3561097
MSC: Primary 60-02; Secondary 60F10, 60J25, 60K35

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