On Large Deviations, I

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The paper presents a new point of view on the Cramér type large deviations \[ P(\xi >x)=(1-\Phi (x))Q\exp(L) \] for the ``right tail of the distribution of a random variable \(\xi\). Here \(\Phi (x)\) is a standard normal distribution function, \(Q\) and \(L\) are some quantities depending on \(x\) and \(\xi\). A simple proof of a known representation of large deviations is given under the Cramér condition \(E e^{\lambda\xi}<\infty\). The explicit expressions for \(Q\) and \(L\) are written using the auxiliary parameter \(\lambda \) instead of \(x\): \(Q=Q(\lambda)\), \(L=L(\lambda)\), \(x=x(\lambda)\). The obtained expressions for large deviations do not contain the cumulants of the random variable \(\xi\) as usual. It is shown, that the traditional form of writing the exponent \(L\) by the Cramér series essentially narrows its natural domain of definition. The ``canonical form of the Cramér series is suggested. The relationships between the introduced functions and the deviation function are discussed.











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