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The transition density of Brownian motion killed on a bounded set

Probability 2017-03-07 v2

Abstract

We study the transition density of a standard two-dimensional Brownian motion killed when hitting a bounded Borel set AA. We derive the asymptotic form of the density, say ptA(x,y)p^A_t({\bf x},{\bf y}), for large times tt and for x{\bf x} and y{\bf y} in the exterior of AA valid uniformly under the constraint xy=O(t)|{\bf x}|\vee |{\bf y}| =O(t). Within the parabolic regime xy=O(t)|{\bf x}|\vee |{\bf y}| = O(\sqrt t) in particular ptA(x,y)p^A_t({\bf x},{\bf y}) is shown to behave like 4eA(x)eA(y)(lgt)2pt(yx)4e_A({\bf x})e_A({\bf y}) (\lg t)^{-2} p_t({\bf y}-{\bf x}) for large tt, where pt(yx)p_t({\bf y}-{\bf x}) is the transition kernel of the Brownian motion (without killing) and eAe_A is the Green function for the \lq exterior of AA' with a pole at infinity normalized so that eA(x)lgxe_A({\bf x}) \sim \lg |{\bf x}|. We also provide fairly accurate upper and lower bounds of ptA(x,y)p^A_t({\bf x},{\bf y}) for the case xy>t|{\bf x}|\vee |{\bf y}|>t as well as corresponding results for the higher dimensions.

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@article{arxiv.1603.03902,
  title  = {The transition density of Brownian motion killed on a bounded set},
  author = {Kohei Uchiyama},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.03902},
  year   = {2017}
}

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25 pages, to appear in Journal of Theoretical Probability