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Fundamental solutions of nonlocal H\"ormander's operators

Probability 2014-04-08 v1

Abstract

Consider the following nonlocal integro-differential operator: for α(0,2)\alpha\in(0,2), \cLσ,b(α)f(x):=\mboxp.v.z<δf(x+σ(x)z)f(x)zd+α\difz+b(x)f(x)+\sLf(x), \cL^{(\alpha)}_{\sigma,b} f(x):=\mbox{p.v.} \int_{|z|<\delta}\frac{f(x+\sigma(x)z)-f(x)}{|z|^{d+\alpha}}\dif z+b(x)\cdot\nabla f(x)+\sL f(x), where σ:\mRd\mRd×\mRd\sigma:\mR^d\to\mR^d\times\mR^d and b:\mRd\mRdb:\mR^d\to\mR^d are two CbC^\infty_b-functions, δ\delta is a small positive number, p.v. stands for the Cauchy principal value, and \sL\sL is a bounded linear operator in Sobolev spaces. Let B1(x):=σ(x)B_1(x):=\sigma(x) and Bj+1(x):=b(x)Bj(x)b(x)Bj(x)B_{j+1}(x):=b(x)\cdot\nabla B_j(x)-\nabla b(x)\cdot B_j(x) for j\mNj\in\mN. Under the following uniform H\"ormander's type condition: for some j0\mNj_0\in\mN, infx\mRdinfu=1j=1j0uBj(x)2>0, \inf_{x\in\mR^d}\inf_{|u|=1}\sum_{j=1}^{j_0}|u B_j(x)|^2>0, by using Bismut's approach to the Malliavin calculus with jumps, we prove the existence of fundamental solutions to operator \cLσ,b(α)\cL^{(\alpha)}_{\sigma,b}. In particular, we answer a question proposed by Nualart \cite{Nu1} and Varadhan \cite{Va}.

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@article{arxiv.1404.1731,
  title  = {Fundamental solutions of nonlocal H\"ormander's operators},
  author = {Xicheng Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.1731},
  year   = {2014}
}

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