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Finely -harmonic functions of a Markov process
Author(s):
R.
K.
Getoor
Journal:
Trans. Amer. Math. Soc.
354
(2002),
901-924.
MSC (2000):
Primary 60J40;
Secondary 60J25, 60J45, 31C05
Posted:
October 4, 2001
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Abstract:
Let be a Borel right process and a fixed excessive measure. Given a finely open nearly Borel set we define an operator which we regard as an extension of the restriction to of the generator of . It maps functions on to (locally) signed measures on not charging -semipolars. Given a locally smooth signed measure we define to be (finely) -harmonic on provided on and denote the class of such by . Under mild conditions on we show that is equivalent to a local ``Poisson'' representation of . We characterize by an analog of the mean value property under secondary assumptions. We obtain global Poisson type representations and study the Dirichlet problem for elements of under suitable finiteness hypotheses. The results take their nicest form when specialized to Hunt processes.
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R.
K.
Getoor
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0112
DOI:
10.1090/S0002-9947-01-02931-2
PII:
S 0002-9947(01)02931-2
Keywords:
Markov processes,
harmonic functions,
Schr\"odinger operators,
Poisson representation,
Dirichlet problem
Received by editor(s):
October 26, 2000
Received by editor(s) in revised form:
April 11, 2001
Posted:
October 4, 2001
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2001,
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