Kinetic equilibration rates for granular media and related equations: Entropy dissipation and mass transportation estimates

Revista Matematica Iberoamericana

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 971-1018

  Carrillo, José A ^a   McCann, Robert J ^b   Villani, Cédric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNITÉ DE MATHÉMATIQUES PURES ET APPLIQUÉES   (France)

Author keywords

Generalized log Sobolev inequalities; Inelastic collision models; Rates of convergence; Wasserstein distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542399709     PISSN: 02132230     EISSN: 22350616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4171/RMI/376     Document Type: Article

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