A general two-scale criteria for logarithmic Sobolev inequalities

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Abstract

We present a general criteria to prove that a probability measure satisfies a logarithmic Sobolev inequality, knowing that some of its marginals and associated conditional laws satisfy a logarithmic Sobolev inequality. This is a generalization of a result by N. Grunewald et al. [N. Grunewald, F. Otto, C. Villani, M.G. Westdickenberg, A two-scale approach to logarithmic Sobolev inequalities and the hydrodynamic limit, Ann. Inst. H. Poincaré Probab. Statist., in press].

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2211-2221
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Functional Analysis
Volume256
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2009

Keywords

  • Logarithmic Sobolev inequality
  • Two-scale criteria

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