The wasserstein gradient flow of the fisher information and the quantum drift-diffusion equation

Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 133-220

  Gianazza, Ugo ^a   Savaré, Giuseppe ^a   Toscani, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

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EID: 70349620978     PISSN: 00039527     EISSN: 14320673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00205-008-0186-5     Document Type: Article

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