From the reviews: "... Besides the fact that the author's treatment of large deviations is a nice contribution to the literature on the subject, his book has th

This book has two main topics: large deviations and equilibrium statistical mechanics. I hope to convince the reader that these topics have many points of conta

This book has two main topics: large deviations and equilibrium statistical mechanics. I hope to convince the reader that these topics have many points of conta

This is an introductory course on the methods of computing asymptotics of probabilities of rare events: the theory of large deviations. The book combines large