Bounds on the l2spectrum for markov chains and markov processes: A generalization of cheeger’s inequality

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 309, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 557-580

  Lawler, Gregory F ^a,c   Sokal, Alan D ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000941412     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-1988-0930082-9     Document Type: Article

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