Analyticity of a class of degenerate evolution equations on the canonical simplex of \(\mathbb R^d\) arising from Fleming-Viot processes (Q2431237)

The paper deals with Markov semigroups associated to a class of degenerate second-order elliptic operators \({\mathcal A}_d\) in the space \(C(S_d)\) of all continuous functions defined on the canonical simplex \(S_d\) of \(\mathbb{R}^d\), \(d \geq 1\). A basic example of such operators is \[ {\mathcal A}_d u(x) = \frac{1}{2} \sum_{i,j=1}^d x_i (\delta_{ij} - x_j) \partial_{x_i x_j}^2 u(x),\quad x \in S_d, \] which arises from the theory of Fleming-Viot processes in population genetics. The authors establish the analyticity of the semigroup generated by the closure of \(({\mathcal A}_d, C^2(S_d))\) on \(C(S_d)\), extending a one-dimensional result of \textit{G. Metafune} [Stud. Math. 127, No. 3, 251--276 (1998; Zbl 0901.35048)] to several variables. The proof provides a method to reduce the problem of analyticity to the one-dimensional case.