# Exit asymptotics for small diffusion about an unstable equilibrium

@article{Bakhtin2008ExitAF,
title={Exit asymptotics for small diffusion about an unstable equilibrium},
author={Yuri Bakhtin},
journal={Stochastic Processes and their Applications},
year={2008},
volume={118},
pages={839-851}
}
• Yuri Bakhtin
• Published 22 January 2007
• Mathematics, Physics
• Stochastic Processes and their Applications
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