Harmonic coordinates for diffusions in the plane

Annals of Probability

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1239-1268

  Kersting, G ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

A priori estimates; Coupling methods; Diffusion processes; Dynamical systems; Harmonic coordinates; Harmonic mappings; Poisson equation in unbounded domains

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030376347     PISSN: 00911798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aop/1065725180     Document Type: Article

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