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October 1998 Logarithmic Sobolev inequality for some models of random walks
Tzong-Yow Lee, Horng-Tzer Yau
Ann. Probab. 26(4): 1855-1873 (October 1998). DOI: 10.1214/aop/1022855885

Abstract

We determine the logarithmic Sobolev constant for the Bernoulli- Laplace model and the time to stationarity for the symmetric simple exclusion model up to the leading order. Our method for proving the logarithmic Sobolev inequality is based on a martingale approach and is applied to the random transposition model as well. The proof for the time to stationarity is based on a general observation relating the time to stationarity to the hydrodynamical limit.

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Tzong-Yow Lee. Horng-Tzer Yau. "Logarithmic Sobolev inequality for some models of random walks." Ann. Probab. 26 (4) 1855 - 1873, October 1998. https://doi.org/10.1214/aop/1022855885

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Published: October 1998
First available in Project Euclid: 31 May 2002

zbMATH: 0943.60062
MathSciNet: MR1675008
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/aop/1022855885

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Rights: Copyright © 1998 Institute of Mathematical Statistics

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