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Large deviations: An introduction to 2007 Abel prize

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2007 Abel prize has been awarded to S R S Varadhan for creating a unified theory of large deviations. We attempt to give a flavour of this branch of probability theory, highlighting the role of Varadhan.

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Ramasubramanian, S. Large deviations: An introduction to 2007 Abel prize. Proc Math Sci 118, 161–182 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12044-008-0009-5

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