Abstract
We develop a new and systematic method for proving entropic Ricci curvature lower bounds for Markov chains on discrete sets. Using different methods, such bounds have recently been obtained in several examples (e.g., 1-dimensional birth and death chains, product chains, Bernoulli–Laplace models, and random transposition models). However, a general method to obtain discrete Ricci bounds had been lacking. Our method covers all of the examples above. In addition, we obtain new Ricci curvature bounds for zero-range processes on the complete graph. The method is inspired by recent work of Caputo, Dai Pra and Posta on discrete functional inequalities.
Citation
Max Fathi. Jan Maas. "Entropic Ricci curvature bounds for discrete interacting systems." Ann. Appl. Probab. 26 (3) 1774 - 1806, June 2016. https://doi.org/10.1214/15-AAP1133
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