Fundamental solutions of nonlocal Hörmander’s operators

Xicheng Zhang*

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Abstract

Consider the following nonlocal integro-differential operator: for α ∈ (0, 2), (formula presented) where σ:ℝd → ℝd ⊗ ℝd and b:ℝd → ℝd are smooth and have bounded firstorder derivatives, and p.v. stands for the Cauchy principal value. Let B1(x):= σ(x) and Bj+1(x):= b(x). ∇Bj (x)-∇b(x). Bj (x) for j ∈ ℕ. Under the following Hörmander’s type condition: for any x ∈ ℝd and some n = n(x) ∈ ℕ, (formula presented) by using the Malliavin calculus, we prove the existence of the heat kernel ρt (x, y) to the operator L(α) σ,b as well as the continuity of x (formula presented) ρt (x,.) in L1(ℝd) as a density function for each t > 0.Moreover, when σ(x) = σ is constant and Bj ∈ Cb b for each j ∈ ℕ, under the following uniform Hörmander’s type condition: for some j0 ∈ ℕ, (formula presented), we also show the smoothness (t, x, y) (formula presented) ρt(x, y) with ρt (formula presented) (ℝd × ℝd).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)359-402
Number of pages44
JournalCommunications in Mathematics and Statistics
Volume4
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2016
Externally publishedYes

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