The Lévy Laplacian
The Lévy Laplacian
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The Lévy Laplacian is an infinite-dimensional generalization of the well-known classical Laplacian. The theory has become well developed in recent years and this book was the first systematic treatment of the Lévy–Laplace operator. The book describes the infinite-dimensional analogues of finite-dimensional results, and more especially those features which appear only in the generalized context. It develops a theory of operators generated by the Lévy Laplacian and the symmetrized Lévy Laplacian, as well as a theory of linear and nonlinear equations involving it. There are many problems leading to equations with Lévy Laplacians and to Lévy–Laplace operators, for example superconductivity theory, the theory of control systems, the Gauss random field theory, and the Yang–Mills equation. The book is complemented by an exhaustive bibliography. The result is a work that will be valued by those working in functional analysis, partial differential equations and probability theory.
- Fully devoted to the subject
- Author is one of the subject's key developers
- The book is complemented by an extensive bibliography
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"... the book has been carefully written to facilitate access to the material, and although it is compact, it is full of important results on the Levy Laplacian and its related topics investigated during the last forty years. In conclusion the reviewer would like to recommend the present book to graduate students and researchers in functional analysis, partial differential equations and probability theory."
Mathematical Reviews
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November 2005Adobe eBook Reader
9780511131448
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The Lévy Laplacian
- 2. Lévy–Laplace operators
- 3. Symmetric Lévy–Laplace operators
- 4. Harmonic functions of infinitely many variables
- 5. Linear elliptic and parabolic equations with Lévy Laplacians
- 6. Quasilinear and nonlinear elliptic equation with Lévy Laplacians
- 7. Nonlinear parabolic equations with Lévy Laplacians
- 8. Appendix. Lévy–Dirichlet forms and associated Markov processes
- Bibliography
- Index.
