Entropy production and the rate of convergence to equilibrium for the Fokker-Planck equation

Quarterly of Applied Mathematics

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 521-541

  Toscani, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FISHER INFORMATION; FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATION;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 0032632377     PISSN: 0033569X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/qam/1704435     Document Type: Article

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