Large deviations and metastability

Preface 1. Large deviations: basic results 2. Small random perturbations of dynamical systems: basic estimates of Freidlin and Wentzell 3. Large deviations and statistical mechanics 4. Metastability I: general description, the Curie-Weiss model and contact processes 5. Metastability II: the models of Freidlin and Wentzell 6. Reversible Markov chains in the Freidlin-Wentzell regime 7. Metastable behaviour for lattice spin models at low temperature Bibliography Index.