Comparison theorems for exit times

Geometric and Functional Analysis

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 651-692

  Burchard, Almut ^a   Schmuckenschläger, Michael ^b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

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EID: 0035624506     PISSN: 1016443X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00001681     Document Type: Article

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