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Large Deviations for Random Trees

Probability 2009-11-13 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

We consider large random trees under Gibbs distributions and prove a Large Deviation Principle (LDP) for the distribution of degrees of vertices of the tree. The LDP rate function is given explicitly. An immediate consequence is a Law of Large Numbers for the distribution of vertex degrees in a large random tree. Our motivation for this study comes from the analysis of RNA secondary structures.

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@article{arxiv.0712.2253,
  title  = {Large Deviations for Random Trees},
  author = {Yuri Bakhtin and Christine Heitsch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0712.2253},
  year   = {2009}
}

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10 pages

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