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Harnack inequality for non-local Schr\"odinger operators

Probability 2017-09-08 v6 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

Let xRdx \in \mathbb{R}^d, d3,d \geq 3, and f:RdRf: \mathbb{R}^d \rightarrow \mathbb{R} be a twice differentiable function with all second partial derivatives being continuous. For 1i,jd1\leq i,j \leq d, let aij:RdRa_{ij} : \mathbb{R}^d \rightarrow \mathbb{R} be a differentiable function with all partial derivatives being continuous and bounded. We shall consider the Schr\"odinger operator associated to \begin{eqnarray*} \mathcal{L}f(x) &=& \frac12 \sum_{i=1}^d \sum_{j=1}^d \frac{\partial}{\partial x_i} \left(a_{ij}(\cdot) \frac{\partial f}{\partial x_j}\right)(x) + \int_{\mathbb{R}^d\setminus{\{0\}}} [f(y) - f(x) ]J(x,y)dy. \end{eqnarray*} where J:Rd×RdRJ: \mathbb{R}^d \times \mathbb{R}^d \rightarrow \mathbb{R} is a symmetric measurable function. Let q:RdR.q: \mathbb{R}^d \rightarrow \mathbb{R}. We specify assumptions on a,q,a,q, and JJ so that non-negative bounded solutions to Lf+qf=0{\mathcal L}f + qf = 0 satisfy a Harnack inequality. As tools we also prove a Carleson estimate, a Uniform Boundary Harnack Principle and a 3G inequality for solutions to Lf=0.{\mathcal L}f = 0.

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@article{arxiv.1507.07289,
  title  = {Harnack inequality for non-local Schr\"odinger operators},
  author = {Siva Athreya and Koushik Ramachandran},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.07289},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

38 pages, added proof of BHP. Note that in Section 3, after necessary modifications the proofs of the results follow from the results in arXiv:0908.1559. We have reproduced them here (verbatim) for completeness

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