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We use the natural geometry of a symmetric Fleming–Viot operator ℒ to obtain analytical descriptions of the corresponding Dirichlet space (E,D(E)). In particular, we give a complete characterization of functions in D(E) in terms of their differentiability properties along exponential families. Moreover, we prove a Rademacher theorem stating that any function which is Lipschitz continuous with respect to the Bhattacharya distance is contained in D(E) and possesses a bounded gradient. A converse to this statement is also given. Thus, we relate the Bhattacharya distance to the potential theory of ℒ.
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Schied, A. Geometric Analysis for Symmetric Fleming–Viot Operators: Rademacher's Theorem and Exponential Families. Potential Analysis 17, 351–374 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016360318443
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