The strong maximum principle for Schrödinger operators on fractals

We prove a strong maximum principle for Schrödinger operators defined on a class of postcritically finite fractal sets and their blowups without boundary. Our primary interest is in weaker regularity conditions than have previously appeared in the literature; in particular we permit both the fractal...

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Main Authors: Ionescu Marius V., Okoudjou Kasso A., Rogers Luke G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2019-09-01
Series:Demonstratio Mathematica
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/dema-2019-0034
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Summary:We prove a strong maximum principle for Schrödinger operators defined on a class of postcritically finite fractal sets and their blowups without boundary. Our primary interest is in weaker regularity conditions than have previously appeared in the literature; in particular we permit both the fractal Laplacian and the potential to be Radon measures on the fractal. As a consequence of our results, we establish a Harnack inequality for solutions of these operators.
ISSN:2391-4661