A diamagnetic inequality for semigroup differences

Journal fur die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik

Volumn , Issue 571, 2004, Pages 107-130

  Hundertmark, Dirk ^a,b   Simon, Barry ^a,c  

^a Univ Illinois at Urbana Champaign ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 3142685163     PISSN: 00754102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/crll.2004.036     Document Type: Article

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