Ricci curvature of finite Markov chains via convexity of the entropy

Details Ricci curvature of finite Markov chains via convexity of the entropy Ricci curvature of finite Markov chains via convexity of the entropy

2011-11-11

arxiv.org/abs/1111.2687v1

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Metric Geometry

37 pages

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We define and study a new notion of Ricci curvature that applies to Markov chains on discrete spaces. This notion relies on geodesic convexity of the entropy and is analogous to the one introduced by Lott, Sturm, and Villani for geodesic measure spaces. In order to apply to the discrete setting, the role of the Wasserstein metric is taken over by a different metric, having the property that continuous time Markov chains are gradient flows of the entropy. Using this notion of Ricci curvature we prove discrete analogues of fundamental results by Bakry--Emery and Otto--Villani. Furthermore we show that Ricci curvature bounds are preserved under tensorisation. As a special case we obtain the sharp Ricci curvature lower bound for the discrete hypercube.

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