Criteria of spectral gap for Markov operators

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Abstract: Let (E,mathcalF,mu) be a probability space, and let P be a Markov operator on L2(mu) with 1 a simple eigenvalue such that muP=mu (i.e. mu is an invariant probability measure of P). Then hatP:=ff12(P+P) has a spectral gap, i.e. 1 is isolated in the spectrum of hatP, if and only if |P|_ au:=lim_{R oinfty} sup_{mu(f^2)le 1}mu�ig(f(Pf-R)^+�ig)<1. This strengthens a conjecture of Simon and Hphiegh-Krohn on the spectral gap for hyperbounded operators solved recently by L. Miclo in cite{M}. Consequently, for a symmetric, conservative, irreducible Dirichlet form on L2(mu), a Poincar'e/log-Sobolev type inequality holds if and only if so does the corresponding defective inequality. Extensions to sub-Markov operators and non-conservative Dirichlet forms are also presented.




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