Liouville theorems for symmetric diffusion operators on complete Riemannian manifolds

Journal des Mathematiques Pures et Appliquees

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1295-1361

  Li, Xiang Dong ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE MATHÉMATIQUES DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Bakry Emery Ricci curvature; C0 diffusion property; L1 uniqueness; Liouville theorems

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EID: 25444447987     PISSN: 00217824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matpur.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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