Spectral gap for diffusion processes on noncompact manifolds (Q1902262)
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Spectral gap for diffusion processes on noncompact manifolds (English)
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12 December 1995
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The so-called spectral gap of a diffusion process on a compact manifold is always positive. The author establishes a condition (in terms of curvatures) which guarantees the same for non-compact manifolds. In this case the lower estimate of the gap is also obtained.
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Riemannian manifold
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spectral gap
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diffusion process
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non-compact manifolds
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lower estimate
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