Some connections between isoperimetric and Sobolev-type inequalities

Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 616, 1997, Pages

  Bobkov, Serguei G ^a   Houdré, Christian ^a  

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Author keywords

Gaussian measure; Geometric measure theory; Isoperimetry; Orlicz space; Sobolev inequalities; Uniform distribution on the Sphere

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EID: 0002068193     PISSN: 00659266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/memo/0616     Document Type: Article

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