Dirichlet forms for singular diffusion in higher dimensions

Abstract

We describe singular diffusion in bounded subsets $\Omega$ of ${\mathbb{R}}^n$ by form methods and characterize the associated operator. We also prove positivity and contractivity of the corresponding semigroup. This results in a description of a stochastic process moving according to classical diffusion in one part of $\Omega$, where jumps are allowed through the rest of $\Omega$.

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