Log-Sobolev inequalities: different roles of Ric and Hess

Abstract: Let

P_{t}

be the diffusion semigroup generated by

L := D e l t a + a b l a V

on a complete connected Riemannian manifold with

o p e r a t o r n a m e R i c g e - (s i g m a^{2} h o_{o}^{2} + c)

for some constants

s i g m a, c > 0

and

h o_{o}

the Riemannian distance to a fixed point. It is shown that

P_{t}

is hypercontractive, or the log-Sobolev inequality holds for the associated Dirichlet form, provided

- o p e r a t o r n a m e {H e s s}_{V} g e d e l t a

holds outside of a compact set for some constant

d e l t a > (1 + s q r t 2) s i g m a s q r t d - 1 .

This indicates, at least in finite dimensions, that

o p e r a t o r n a m e R i c

and

- o p e r a t o r n a m e {H e s s}_{V}

play quite different roles for the log-Sobolev inequality to hold. The supercontractivity and the ultracontractivity are also studied.

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