Spectral gap estimates for interacting particle systems via a Bochner-type identity

Journal of Functional Analysis

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 222-258

  Boudou, Anne Severine ^a   Caputo, Pietro ^b   Dai Pra, Paolo ^a   Posta, Gustavo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Interacting particle systems; Spectral gap estimates

Indexed keywords

EID: 31044434511     PISSN: 00221236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfa.2005.07.012     Document Type: Article

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