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Heat kernels for time-dependent non-symmetric stable-like operators

Probability 2017-09-15 v1

Abstract

When studying non-symmetric nonlocal operators Lf(x)=Rd(f(x+z)f(x)f(x)z1{z1})κ(x,z)zd+αdz, {\cal L} f(x) = \int_{{\bf R}^d} \left( f(x+z)-f(x)-\nabla f(x)\cdot z 1_{\{|z|\leq 1\}} \right) \frac{\kappa (x, z)}{|z|^{d+\alpha}} d z , where 0<α<20<\alpha<2 and κ(x,z)\kappa (x, z) is a function on Rd×Rd{\bf R}^d\times {\bf R}^d that is bounded between two positive constants, it is customary to assume that κ(x,z)\kappa (x, z) is symmetric in zz. In this paper, we study heat kernel of L{\cal L} and derive its two-sided sharp bounds without the symmetric assumption κ(x,z)=κ(x,z)\kappa(x,z)=\kappa(x,-z). In fact, we allow the kernel κ\kappa to be time-dependent and also derive gradient estimate when β(0(1α),1)\beta\in(0\vee (1-\alpha),1) as well as fractional derivative estimate of order θ(0,(α+β)2)\theta\in(0,(\alpha+\beta)\wedge 2) for the heat kernel, where β\beta is the H\"older index of xκ(x,z)x\mapsto\kappa(x,z). Moreover, when α(1,2)\alpha\in(1,2), the drift perturbation with drift in Kato's class is also considered. As an application, when κ(x,z)=κ(z)\kappa(x,z)=\kappa(z) does not depend on xx, we show the boundedness of nonlocal Riesz's transorfmation: for any p>2d/(d+2α)p>2d/(d+2\alpha), L1/2fpΓ(f)1/2p, \| {\cal L}^{1/2}f\|_p\asymp \|\Gamma(f)^{1/2}\|_p, where Γ(f):=12L(f2)fLf\Gamma(f):=\frac{1}{2}{\cal L} (f^2)-f {\cal L} f is the carr\'e du champ operator associated with L{\cal L}, and L1/2{\cal L}^{1/2} is the square root operator of L{\cal L} defined by using Bochner's subordination. Here \asymp means that both sides are comparable up to a constant multiple.

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@article{arxiv.1709.04614,
  title  = {Heat kernels for time-dependent non-symmetric stable-like operators},
  author = {Zhen-Qing Chen and Xicheng Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.04614},
  year   = {2017}
}
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