Gradient flows of the entropy for finite Markov chains

Journal of Functional Analysis

Volumn 261, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2250-2292

  Maas, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entropy; Gradient flows; Markov chains; Optimal transportation; Wasserstein metric

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960891765     PISSN: 00221236     EISSN: 10960783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfa.2011.06.009     Document Type: Article

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