On convex Sobolev inequalities and the rate of convergence to equilibrium for Fokker-Planck type equations

Communications in Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 43-100

  Arnold, Anton ^a   Markowich, Peter ^b   Toscani, Giuseppe ^c   Unterreiter, Andreas ^d  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d Universität Kaiserslautern ^*  (Germany)

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EID: 0002042431     PISSN: 03605302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/PDE-100002246     Document Type: Article

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