The Kusuoka measure and the energy Laplacian on level-\(k\) Sierpiński gaskets (Q2315287)

The investigations of the present article are related to the theory of analysis of self-similar fractals. The main attention is given to fractals being the Sierpiński gaskets of level \(k\), where \(k\ge 2\), to properties of the Kusuoka measure, and to some properties for the Laplacian. The definition of a \(k\)-level Sierpiński gasket \(SG_k\) is given. A formula for calculating the Hausdorff dimension of these sets is noted. A probabilistic interpretation of the pointwise formula for the standard Laplacian is given. Different proofs of known pointwise formula for the energy Laplacian and the renormalization factor are established. Investigations presented in this paper are focused on generalizations of certain results on \(SG_2\) (\(SG_2\) is the ordinary Sierpiński gasket SG) to similar results on \(SG_k\). For all \(SG_k\) the self-similarity on vector form is provided in terms of certain matrices described explicitly. Also, a variable weight self-similar formula and an analogous variable weight self-similar formula for the energy Laplacian are obtained for all \(SG_k\). In addition, it is generalized the result that the only functions in both the domains of the standard and energy Laplacian are the harmonic functions. A short survey on similar investigations is given. One can note the abstract of the authors: ``We extend and survey results in the theory of analysis on fractal sets from the standard Laplacian on the Sierpiński gasket to the energy Laplacian, which is defined weakly by using the Kusuoka energy measure. We also extend results from the Sierpiński gasket to level-\(k\) Sierpiński gaskets, for all \(k \ge 2\). We observe that the pointwise formula for the energy Laplacian is valid for all level-\(k \) Sierpiński gaskets, \(SG_k\), and we provide a proof of a known formula for the renormalization constants of the Dirichlet form for postcritically finite self-similar sets along with a probabilistic interpretation of the Laplacian pointwise formula. We also provide a vector self-similar formula and a variable weight self-similar formula for the Kusuoka measure on \(SG_k\), as well as a formula for the scaling of the energy Laplacian.''