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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 201 2 b Solution by
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Let be independent and identically distributed random variables, let , and write . Cramér theorem states that the empirical means obey a large deviation principle with good rate function . In particular, for ,with the usual extended-real interpretation; the analogous lower-tail formula holds for .
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