Spectral gap for stable process on convex planar double symmetric domains

Potential Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-132

  Dyda, Bartłomiej ^a   Kulczycki, Tadeusz ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Convex domain; Spectral gap; Symmetric stable process

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547250245     PISSN: 09262601     EISSN: 1572929X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11118-007-9046-4     Document Type: Article

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