Logarithmic Sobolev inequalities on noncompact Riemannian manifolds

Probability Theory and Related Fields

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 417-424

  Wang, Feng Yu ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diffusion process; Logarithmic Sobolev inequality; Spectra gap

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031522629     PISSN: 01788051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004400050137     Document Type: Article

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