Existence and stability for Fokker-Planck equations with log-concave reference measure

Probability Theory and Related Fields

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 517-564

  Ambrosio, Luigi ^a   Savaré, Giuseppe ^b   Zambotti, Lorenzo ^c  

^a SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Gradient flows; Log concave probability measures; Optimal transportation; Relative entropy; Reversible Markov processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350162436     PISSN: 01788051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00440-008-0177-3     Document Type: Article

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