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Brownian Motion and Harmonic Analysis on Sierpinski Carpets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Martin T. Barlow  and
Richard F. Bass
Martin T. Barlow
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z2
Richard F. Bass
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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We consider a class of fractal subsets of ${{\mathbb{R}}^{d}}$ formed in a manner analogous to the construction of the Sierpinski carpet. We prove a uniform Harnack inequality for positive harmonic functions; study the heat equation, and obtain upper and lower bounds on the heat kernel which are, up to constants, the best possible; construct a locally isotropic diffusion $X$ and determine its basic properties; and extend some classical Sobolev and Poincaré inequalities to this setting.

Keywords

60J6060B0560J35Sierpinski carpetfractalHausdorff dimensionspectral dimensionBrownian motionheat equationharmonic functionspotentialsreflecting Brownian motioncouplingHarnack inequalitytransition densitiesfundamental solutions
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 51 , Issue 4 , 01 August 1999 , pp. 673 - 744
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1999

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