## Illinois Journal of Mathematics

### Dirichlet heat kernel estimates for $\Delta^{\alpha/2}+ \Delta^{\beta/2}$

#### Abstract

For $d\geq1$ and $0<\beta<\alpha<2$, consider a family of pseudo differential operators $\{\Delta^{\alpha} + a^\beta \Delta^{\beta/2}$; $a \in[0, 1]\}$ on $\mathbb{R}^d$ that evolves continuously from $\Delta^{\alpha/2}$ to $\Delta^{\alpha/2}+ \Delta^{\beta/2}$. It gives arise to a family of Lévy processes $\{X^a, a\in[0, 1]\}$ on $\mathbb{R}^d$, where each $X^a$ is the independent sum of a symmetric $\alpha$-stable process and a symmetric $\beta$-stable process with weight $a$. For any $C^{1,1}$ open set $D\subset\mathbb{R}^d$, we establish explicit sharp two-sided estimates, which are uniform in $a\in(0, 1]$, for the transition density function of the subprocess $X^{a, D}$ of $X^a$ killed upon leaving the open set~$D$. The infinitesimal generator of $X^{a, D}$ is the nonlocal operator $\Delta^{\alpha} + a^\beta\Delta^{\beta/2}$ with zero exterior condition on $D^c$. As consequences of these sharp heat kernel estimates, we obtain uniform sharp Green function estimates for $X^{a, D}$ and uniform boundary Harnack principle for $X^a$ in $D$ with explicit decay rate.

#### Article information

Source
Illinois J. Math., Volume 54, Number 4 (2010), 1357-1392.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 24 September 2012

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ijm/1348505533

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/ijm/1348505533

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2981852

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1268.60101

#### Citation

Chen, Zhen-Qing; Kim, Panki; Song, Renming. Dirichlet heat kernel estimates for $\Delta^{\alpha/2}+ \Delta^{\beta/2}$. Illinois J. Math. 54 (2010), no. 4, 1357--1392. doi:10.1215/ijm/1348505533. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ijm/1348505533

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