Exponential convergence toward equilibrium for homogeneous Fokker-Planck-type equations

Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1269-1286

  Carrillo, J A ^a   Toscani, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INTERPOLATION; PLASMA THEORY; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EXPONENTIAL CONVERGENCE; HOMOGENEOUS FOKKER-PLANCK TYPE EQUATIONS; SOBOLEV SPACES;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 0032165708     PISSN: 01704214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1476(19980910)21:13<1269::AID-MMA995>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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