On-diagonal lower bounds for heat kernels and markov chains

Duke Mathematical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 133-199

  Coulhon, Thierry ^a   Grigor’yan, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001565149     PISSN: 00127094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/S0012-7094-97-08908-0     Document Type: Article

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