Harnack inequalities for log-Sobolev functions and estimates of log-Sobolev constants

Annals of Probability

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 653-663

  Wang, Feng Yu ^a,b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coupling method; Harnack inequality; Log Sobolev constant; Log Sobolev function

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033448889     PISSN: 00911798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aop/1022677381     Document Type: Article

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