Cercignani's conjecture is sometimes true and always almost true

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 234, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 455-490

  Villani, Cédric ^a  

^a UNITÉ DE MATHÉMATIQUES PURES ET APPLIQUÉES   (France)

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EID: 0037358153     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-002-0777-1     Document Type: Article

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