Local field Brownian motion (Q1322506)

In the seven sections of this paper the first steps toward a theory of Gaussian processes related with local field vector spaces are made. A local field is any locally compact, non-discrete field other than the field of real or complex numbers. Using the notion of orthogonality, the author gives a definition of Gaussian measures on local field vector spaces (LFVS). Then he constructs an analogue of Brownian motion---a special type of Gaussian processes taking values in finite-dimensional LFVS and indexed by another finite-dimensional LFVS. This process is defined in such a way that there is some linkage between dependence properties and the algebraic and geometric structure of the index set. The problem of additive functionals and the connection with homogeneous random measures is also discussed. Two constructions of the local time for local field Brownian motion are proposed and continuity of the local time is proved. Obviously, such objects are useful in the investigations of fractals.