Traps for reflected Brownian motion

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作者
Burdzy, K [1 ]
Chen, ZQ [1 ]
Marshall, DE [1 ]
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[1] Univ Washington, Dept Math, Seattle, WA 98115 USA
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10.1007/s00209-005-0849-y
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O1 [数学];
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0701 ; 070101 ;
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Consider an open set D subset of R-d, d >= 2, and a closed ball B subset of D. Let (ETB)-T-x denote the expectation of the hitting time of B for reflected Brownian motion in D starting from x is an element of D. We say that D is a trap domain if sup(x) (ETB)-T-x = infinity. A domain D is not a trap domain if and only if the reflecting Brownian motion in D is uniformly ergodic. We fully characterize the simply connected planar trap domains using a geometric condition and give a number of ( less complete) results for d> 2.
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