A note on the Poincaré inequality for Lipschitz vector fields of step two

Manfredini, Maria

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-09-10054-0

A note on the Poincaré inequality for Lipschitz vector fields of step two
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Abstract:

We provide a Poincaré inequality for families of Lipschitz continuous vector fields satisfying a Hörmander-type condition of step two.

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