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Sample-path large deviations for L\'evy processes and random walks with Weibull increments

Probability 2019-12-06 v2

Abstract

We study sample-path large deviations for L\'evy processes and random walks with heavy-tailed jump-size distributions that are of Weibull type. Our main results include an extended form of an LDP (large deviations principle) in the J1J_1 topology, and a full LDP in the M1M_1' topology. The rate function can be represented as the solution to a quasi-variational problem. The sharpness and applicability of these results are illustrated by a counterexample proving the nonexistence of a full LDP in the J1J_1 topology, and by an application to a first passage problem.

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@article{arxiv.1710.04013,
  title  = {Sample-path large deviations for L\'evy processes and random walks with Weibull increments},
  author = {Mihail Bazhba and Jose Blanchet and Chang-Han Rhee and Bert Zwart},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.04013},
  year   = {2019}
}
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