An overview of the theory of large deviations and applications to statistical mechanics

DOI10.1080/03461238.1995.10413952zbMath0838.60027OpenAlexW1986021127WikidataQ56083252 ScholiaQ56083252MaRDI QIDQ4844224

Richard S. Ellis

Publication date: 27 May 1996

Published in: Scandinavian Actuarial Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03461238.1995.10413952

zbMATH Keywords

large deviationsCurie-Weiss modelCurie-Weiss-Potts modelDonsker-Varadhan theorylarge deviations analysis of models in statistical mechanics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Interacting random processes; statistical mechanics type models; percolation theory (60K35) Large deviations (60F10)

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