Concentration and logarithmic Sobolev inequalities are derived for a class of multidimensional probability distributions, including spherically invariant log-concave measures. Bibliography: 17 titles.
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Translated from Problems in Mathematical Analysis 46, April 2010, pp. 45–56.
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Bobkov, S.G. Gaussian concentration for a class of spherically invariant measures. J Math Sci 167, 326–339 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10958-010-9922-0
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