Transition Probabilities for Symmetric Jump Processes

Bass, Richard; Levin, David

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-02-02998-7

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Transition Probabilities for Symmetric Jump Processes

Authors: Richard F. Bass and David A. Levin
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 354 (2002), 2933-2953
MSC (2000): Primary 60J05; Secondary 60J35
Posted: March 11, 2002
MathSciNet review: 1895210
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Abstract: We consider symmetric Markov chains on the integer lattice in dimensions, where $\alpha \in (0,2)$ and the conductance between and is comparable to $\vert x-y\vert^{-(d+\alpha )}$ . We establish upper and lower bounds for the transition probabilities that are sharp up to constants.

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Richard F. Bass
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269
Email: bass@math.uconn.edu

David A. Levin
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269
Address at time of publication: P.O. Box 368, Annapolis Junction, Maryland 20701-0368
Email: levin@member.ams.org

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-02-02998-7
PII: S 0002-9947(02)02998-7
Keywords: Harnack inequality, jump processes, stable processes, Markov chains, transition probabilities
Received by editor(s): June 18, 2001
Received by editor(s) in revised form: December 27, 2001
Posted: March 11, 2002
Additional Notes: Research of the first author was partially supported by NSF grant DMS-9988496
Article copyright: © Copyright 2002 American Mathematical Society

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