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arxiv: 0912.1516 · v4 · pith:G3I7JRH7new · submitted 2009-12-08 · 🧮 math.PR

Conditional Distribution of Heavy Tailed Random Variables on Large Deviations of their Sum

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It is known that large deviations of sums of subexponential random variables are most likely realised by deviations of a single random variable. In this article we give a detailed picture of how subexponential random variables are distributed when a large deviation of their sum is observed.

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