Tilted large deviation principle explained

In mathematics - specifically, in large deviations theory - the tilted large deviation principle is a result that allows one to generate a new large deviation principle from an old one by exponential tilting, i.e. integration against an exponential functional. It can be seen as an alternative formulation of Varadhan's lemma.

Statement of the theorem

Let X be a Polish space (i.e., a separable, completely metrizable topological space), and let (μ_ε)_ε>0 be a family of probability measures on X that satisfies the large deviation principle with rate function I : X → [0, +∞]. Let F : X → R be a continuous function that is bounded from above. For each Borel set S ⊆ X, let

J _{\varepsilon} (S) = \int _{S} e d \mu _{\varepsilon} (x)

and define a new family of probability measures (ν_ε)_ε>0 on X by

\nu _{\varepsilon} (S) = (J _{\varepsilon} (S))/(J _{\varepsilon} (X)) .

Then (ν_ε)_ε>0 satisfies the large deviation principle on X with rate function I^F : X → [0, +∞] given by

I ^{F} (x) = \sup _{y} [ F(y) - I(y) ] - [ F(x) - I(x) ] .

References

• Book: den Hollander , Frank . Large deviations. Fields Institute Monographs 14. American Mathematical Society. Providence, RI. 2000. x+143. 0-8218-1989-5.