On minimal parabolic functions and time-homogeneous parabolic h-transforms

被引:3
作者
Burdzy, K
Salisbury, TS
机构
[1] Univ Washington, Dept Math, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[2] York Univ, Dept Math & Stat, N York, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
关键词
Martin boundary; harmonic functions; parabolic functions; Brownian motion; h-transforms;
D O I
10.1090/S0002-9947-99-02471-X
中图分类号
O1 [数学];
学科分类号
0701 ; 070101 ;
摘要
Does a minimal harmonic function h remain minimal when it is viewed as a parabolic function? The question is answered for a class of long thin semi-infinite tubes D subset of R-d of variable width and minimal harmonic functions h corresponding to the boundary point of D "at infinity." Suppose f(u) is the width of the tube u units away from its endpoint and f is a Lipschitz function. The answer to the question is affirmative if and only if integral(infinity) f(3) (u)du = infinity. If the test fails, there exist parabolic h-transforms of space-time Brownian motion in D with infinite lifetime which are not time-homogenous.
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页码:3499 / 3531
页数:33
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