Abstract
For a system on an infinite lattice, we show that a Gibbs measure μ for a smooth local specification ℰ={E Λ}Λ∈ℱ satisfying the Dobrushin uniqueness theorem also satisfies log-Sobolev inequality, provided it is satisfied for one-dimensional measures E l ∈ℰ.
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