Exponential return to equilibrium for hypoelliptic quadratic systems

Journal of Functional Analysis

Volumn 262, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 4000-4039

  Ottobre, M ^a   Pavliotis, G A ^a   Pravda Starov, K ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

Author keywords

Chains of oscillators; Generalized Langevin equation; Hypoellipticity; Quadratic operators; Rate of convergence; Return to equilibrium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857910164     PISSN: 00221236     EISSN: 10960783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfa.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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