\(L^p\)-uniqueness for elliptic operators with unbounded coefficients in \(\mathbb R^N\) (Q1002229)

Let \({\mathcal A}=\sum_{i,j=1}^N q_{ij}{{\partial^2}\over{\partial x_i \partial x_j}} + \sum_{i=1}^N b_{i}{{\partial}\over{\partial x_i}}\) be an elliptic operator with unbounded and sufficiently smooth coefficients and let \(\mu\) be a (sub)-invariant measure of the operator \(\mathcal A\). Under some integrability conditions involving a Lyapunov function and the coefficients of the operator \(\mathcal A\), it is proved that the closure of the operator \(({\mathcal A}, C_c^{\infty}({\mathbb R}^N))\) generates a sub-Markovian strongly continuous semigroup of contractions in \(L^p({\mathbb R}^N,\mu)\). Applications are given in the case when \(\mathcal A\) is a generalized Schrödinger operator.