α-Continuity Properties of Stable Processes

Abstract

Let $D$ be a domain of finite Lebesgue measure in $\bR^d$ and let $X_t^D$ be the symmetric $\alpha$-stable process killed upon exiting $D$. Each element of the set $\{{\lambda }_i^{\alpha }{\}}_{i=1}^{\infty }$ of eigenvalues associated to $X_t^D$, regarded as a function of $\alpha \in (0,2)$, is right continuous. In addition, if $D$ is Lipschitz and bounded, then each ${\lambda }_i^{\alpha }$ is continuous in $\alpha$ and the set of associated eigenfunctions is precompact. We also prove that if $D$ is a domain of finite Lebesgue measure, then for all $0<\alpha <\beta \le 2$ and $i\ge 1$, \[λ_i^α\leq [ λ^β_i]^{α/β}.\] Previously, this bound had been known only for $\beta =2$ and $\alpha$ rational.

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