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Rates of convergence to the stationary distribution for k-dimensional diffusion processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

P. L. Davies*
Affiliation:
Universität–GHS Essen
*
Postal address: Universität–GHS–Essen, Fachbereich 6, Mathematik, D-4300 Essen, W. Germany.

Abstract

Using a coupling technique, rates of convergence in total variation of certain k -dimensional diffusion processes to the stationary distribution are obtained. The results place assumptions only on the coefficients of the elliptic differential operator governing the diffusion.

Type
Research Paper
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1986 

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