http://www.tangentspace.net/cz/archives/2007/05/large-deviations-final/ somewhere near the beginning. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:25:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.tangentspace.net/cz/archives/2007/05/large-deviations-final/#comment-156352 Alex Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:20:07 +0000 http://www.tangentspace.net/cz/archives/2007/05/large-deviations-final#comment-156352 I think the point of that problem was to show us not to just mindlessly attempt large deviations techniques, because sometimes we can calculate the probabilities exactly, and other times large deviation techniques don't apply at all (like with the Cauchy density). I think the point of that problem was to show us not to just mindlessly attempt large deviations techniques, because sometimes we can calculate the probabilities exactly, and other times large deviation techniques don’t apply at all (like with the Cauchy density).

]]> http://www.tangentspace.net/cz/archives/2007/05/large-deviations-final/#comment-155888 George Tue, 05 Jun 2007 04:39:38 +0000 http://www.tangentspace.net/cz/archives/2007/05/large-deviations-final#comment-155888 Am I missing something on problem 4? What is there to estimate? We know the exact distributions of the S_n's there. Am I missing something on problem 4? What is there to estimate? We know the exact distributions of the S_n’s there.

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