Quasi-factorization of the entropy and logarithmic Sobolev inequalities for Gibbs random fields

Probability Theory and Related Fields

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 569-584

  Cesi, Filippo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Entropy; Gibbs measures; Logarithmic Sobolev inequalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035620807     PISSN: 01788051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008792     Document Type: Article

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