An analytic approach to the extended Dirichlet space (Q1847607)

Let \({\mathcal U}=(U_{\alpha})_{\alpha>0}\) be a submarkovian resolvent of positive kernels on a measurable space \((E, {\mathcal E})\) and \(\xi\) a fixed excessive measure on \(E\). \({\mathcal U}\) induces a resolvent of \(\alpha\)-contractions on \(L^2=L^2(\xi)\), also denoted by \({\mathcal U}\). The generator \(A\) of \({\mathcal U}\) is defined by \(AU_{\alpha}=\alpha U_{\alpha}-I\) on \(D(A)=U_{\alpha}(L^2)\). Assume that \(U_{\alpha}(L^2)\) is dense in \(L^2\) for an \(\alpha >0\). The bilinear form \(a\) on \(D(A)\times D(A)\) defined by \[ a(f, g)=\langle f, -Ag\rangle \] is called the energy form, and the seminorm \(e(f)=a(f, f)^{1/2}\) is called the energy norm associated with \({\mathcal U}\). Let \(L^0(\xi)\) be the collection of all measurable functions which are finite \(\xi\) a.e. Under the assumption of sector condition and transiency, one can define the extended Dirichlet space \({\mathcal D}\) associated with \({\mathcal U}\) to be the collection of all \(f\in L^0(\xi)\) such that there exists a Cauchy sequence \((f_n)\) in \((D(A), e)\) such that \(f_n\rightarrow f\) \(\xi\) a.e. One can also define an extended transient Dirichlet space with reference measure \(\xi\) abstractly. The main result of this paper is that every extended transient Dirichlet space with reference measure \(\xi\) is associated to some transient resolvent of \(\alpha\)-contractions \({\mathcal U}\) on \(L^2(\xi)\).