Ricci curvature of Markov chains on metric spaces

DOI10.1016/j.jfa.2008.11.001zbMath1181.53015arXivmath/0701886WikidataQ105583672 ScholiaQ105583672MaRDI QIDQ1000536

Yann Ollivier

Publication date: 9 February 2009

Published in: Journal of Functional Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0701886

zbMATH Keywords

Markov chains; Ricci curvature; concentration of measure; metric geometry; coarse Ricci curvature

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

54E35: Metric spaces, metrizability

53C23: Global geometric and topological methods (à la Gromov); differential geometric analysis on metric spaces

53B20: Local Riemannian geometry

60J99: Markov processes