Abstract:
Let (
M,
g) be a connected Riemannian manifold and let
L = 1/2(Δ+
Z) for some
C1-vector field
Z. This paper uses Kendall’s coupling analysis to obtain an estimation of the logarithmic Sobolev (abbrev. L.S.) constant with respect to the distribution of the
L-diffusion process at time
t, which then is used to prove a L. S. inequality on the path space. The main result can be considered as an extension of 1 in which
Z is taken to be zero. Moreover, as a generalization to 2; Theorem 1.5 and 3; Theorem 1 which were proved for diffusions on
Rd, an upper bound estimation of L.S. constant for the
L-diffusion process is also presented.