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On Some Calculus of Variations Problems for Rare Event Asymptotics

Prof. Amarjit Budhiraja, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Prof. Amarjit Budhiraja, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
When Nov 29, 2019
from 03:00 PM to 04:00 PM
Where LH 006
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Abstract: The theory of large deviations gives decay rates of probabilities of rare events in terms of certain optimal control problems. In general these control problems do not admit simple form solutions and one needs numerical methods in order to obtain useful information.

In this talk I will present some large deviation problems where one can use methods of calculus of variations to give explicit solutions to the associated optimal control problems.  These solutions then yield explicit asymptotic formulas for probability decay rates in several settings.  The configuration model for random graphs will be discussed in some detail.

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