A Poincare inequality on loop spaces

被引:7
作者
Chen, Xin [1 ]
Li, Xue-Mei [1 ]
Wu, Bo [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Warwick, Inst Math, Coventry CV4 7AL, W Midlands, England
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
Path space; Loop space; Brownian bridge measure; Poincare inequalities; Malliavin calculus; LOGARITHMIC SOBOLEV INEQUALITIES; QUASI-INVARIANCE THEOREM; PINNED BROWNIAN-MOTION; HEAT KERNEL MEASURE; MARTINGALE REPRESENTATION; DIFFERENTIAL-CALCULUS; WIENER MEASURE; SPECTRAL GAPS; INTEGRATION; PATH;
D O I
10.1016/j.jfa.2010.05.006
中图分类号
O1 [数学];
学科分类号
0701 ; 070101 ;
摘要
We show that the Laplacian on the loop space over a class of Riemannian manifolds has a spectral gap. The Laplacian is defined using the Levi-Civita connection, the Brownian bridge measure and the standard Bismut tangent spaces. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:1421 / 1442
页数:22
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