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Potential Theory in Lipschitz Domains

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

N. Th. Varopoulos*
Affiliation:
Institut Universitaire de France, Université Paris VI, Département de mathématiques, 4, place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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Abstract

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We prove comparison theorems for the probability of life in a Lipschitz domain between Brownian motion and random walks.

Résumé

Résumé

On donne des théorèmes de comparaison pour la probabilité de vie dans un domain Lipschitzien entre le Brownien et de marches aléatoires.

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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2001

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