Is there an intuitive way to understand the following principle :
Given a Markov Process $X_t$ with generator $L$, why does the spectral gap of $L$ control the speed of convergence to equilibrium for $X_t$.
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Intuitively, why does the spectral gap control the speed of convergence to equilibrium.
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