A logarithmic Sobolev form of the Li-Yau parabolic inequality

• Autores: Dominique Bakry, Michel Ledoux
• Localización: Revista matemática iberoamericana, ISSN 0213-2230, Vol. 22, Nº 2, 2006, págs. 683-702
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.4171/rmi/470
• Títulos paralelos:
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• Resumen

  • We present a finite dimensional version of the logarithmic Sobolev inequality for heat kernel measures of non-negatively curved diffusion operators that contains and improves upon the Li-Yau parabolic inequality. This new inequality is of interest already in Euclidean space for the standard Gaussian measure. The result may also be seen as an extended version of the semigroup commutation properties under curvature conditions. It may be applied to reach optimal Euclidean logarithmic Sobolev inequalities in this setting. Exponential Laplace differential inequalities through the Herbst argument furthermore yield diameter bounds and dimensional estimates on the heat kernel volume of balls