Abstract: | Let
be a compact set with interior G. Let ![rgr](/content/qwhquc7d9dl0upg7/xxlarge961.gif) L
1
(G,dx), >0 dx-a.e. on G, and m:= dx. Let A=(a
ij
) be symmetric, and globally uniformly strictly elliptic on G. Let be such that
; f,
, is closable in L
2
(G,m) with closure (
r
,D(
r
)). The latter is fulfilled if satisfies the Hamza type condition, or
i
![rgr](/content/qwhquc7d9dl0upg7/xxlarge961.gif) L
1
loc
(G,dx), 1 i d. Conservative, non-symmetric diffusion processes X
t
related to the extension of a generalized Dirichlet form
where
satisfies
are constructed and analyzed. If G is a bounded Lipschitz domain, ![rgr](/content/qwhquc7d9dl0upg7/xxlarge961.gif) H
1,1
(G), and a
ij
D(
r
), a Skorokhod decomposition for X
t
is given. This happens through a local time that is uniquely associated to the smooth measure 1{
Tr
( )>0}
d , where Tr denotes the trace and the surface measure on G.This research has been financially supported by TMR grant HPMF-CT-2000-00942 of the European Union.
Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 60J60, 60J55, 31C15, 31C25, 35J25 |