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Large deviations for a scalar diffusion in random environment

Probability 2011-08-24 v2

Abstract

Let σ(u)\sigma(u), uRu\in \mathbb{R} be an ergodic stationary Markov chain, taking a finite number of values a1,...,ama_1,...,a_m, and b(u)=g(σ(u))b(u)=g(\sigma(u)), where gg is a bounded and measurable function. We consider the diffusion type process dXtϵ=b(Xtϵ/ϵ)dt+ϵκσ(Xtϵ/ϵ)dBt,tT dX^\epsilon_t = b(X^\epsilon_t/\epsilon)dt + \epsilon^\kappa\sigma\big(X^\epsilon_t/\epsilon\big)dB_t, t\le T subject to X0ϵ=x0X^\epsilon_0=x_0, where ϵ\epsilon is a small positive parameter, BtB_t is a Brownian motion, independent of σ\sigma, and κ>0\kappa> 0 is a fixed constant. We show that for κ<1/6\kappa<1/6, the family {Xtϵ}ϵ0\{X^\epsilon_t\}_{\epsilon\to 0} satisfies the Large Deviations Principle (LDP) of the Freidlin-Wentzell type with the constant drift b\mathbf{b} and the diffusion a\mathbf{a}, given by b=i=1mg(ai)ai2πi/i=1m1ai2πi,a=1/i=1m1ai2πi, \mathbf{b}=\sum\limits_{i=1}^m\dfrac{g(a_i)}{a^2_i}\pi_i\Big/ \sum\limits_{i=1}^m\dfrac{1}{a^2_i}\pi_i, \quad \mathbf{a}=1\Big/\sum\limits_{i=1}^m\dfrac{1}{a^2_i}\pi_i, where {π1,...,πm}\{\pi_1,...,\pi_m\} is the invariant distribution of the chain σ(u)\sigma(u).

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@article{arxiv.math/0609443,
  title  = {Large deviations for a scalar diffusion in random environment},
  author = {P. Chigansky and R. Liptser},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0609443},
  year   = {2011}
}

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