Spectral gap for log-concave probability measures on the real line

Lecture Notes in Mathematics

Volumn 1857, Issue , 2005, Pages 95-123

  Fougères, Pierre ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE MATHÉMATIQUES DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85007093200     PISSN: 00758434     EISSN: 16179692     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-31449-3_7     Document Type: Article

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