The rate function of hypoelliptic diffusions |
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Authors: | Grard Ben Arous Jean-Dominique Deuschel |
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Institution: | Gérard Ben Arous,Jean-Dominique Deuschel |
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Abstract: | Let be a hypoelliptic diffusion operator on a compact manifold M. Given an a priori smooth reference measure λ on M, we can then rewrite L as the sum of a λ-symmetric part L0 and a first-order drift part Y. The paper investigates the effect of the drift Y on the Donsker-Varadhan rate function corresponding to the large deviations of the empirical measure of the diffusion. When Y is in the linear span of the first and second-order Lie brackets of the Xi's, we derive an affine bound relating the rate functions associated with L and L0. As soon as one point exists where Y is not in the linear span of the first and second-order Lie brackets of the Xi's, we show that such an affine bound is impossible. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |
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