Lipschitz estimates for convex functions with respect to vector fields
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convexity, Hörmander condition, Carnot-CarathAbstract
We present Lipschitz continuity estimates for a class of convex functionswith respect to Hörmander vector fields. These results have been recently obtained in collaboration with M. Scienza, [22].References
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