Metastability and small eigenvalues in Markov chains

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General

Volumn 33, Issue 46, 2000, Pages

  Bovier, Anton ^a   Eckhoff, Michael ^b   Gayrard, Véronique ^c,d   Klein, Markus ^b  

^a WEIERSTRASS INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ANALYSIS AND STOCHASTICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d CNRS   (France)

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EID: 0034711194     PISSN: 03054470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/33/46/102     Document Type: Article

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