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Reflected Dirichlet space for quasi-regular Dirichlet forms is presented in this paper. We show the closedness of the (active) reflected Dirichlet forms without using the first definition of reflected Dirichlet space by Silverstein and the characterization by Chen. As an application of the closedness, the closability of distorted forms are discussed. We also show the maximality of (active) reflected Dirichlet space in the class of Silverstein's extensions and consider the uniqueness problem. Only the techniques of the transfer method and the change of underlying measures are used.
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Kuwae, K. Reflected Dirichlet Forms and the Uniqueness of Silverstein's Extension. Potential Analysis 16, 221–247 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014081124510
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