Strong ergodicity for Markov processes by coupling methods

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 839-852

  Mao, Yong Hua ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coupling; Essential spectrum; Markov semigroups; Strong ergodicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037003276     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/jap/1037816023     Document Type: Article

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