On a class of degenerate elliptic operators in \(L^{1}\) spaces with respect to invariant measures (Q2466801)

A class of degenerate differential operators are proved to be \(L^1\)-\(m\)-dissipative. More precisely, consider the following operator on \(\mathbb R^{2n}\): \[ K= \frac 1 2 \Delta_x -(My +D_y U+x)\cdot D_x+ x\cdot D_y, \] where \(M\) is a strictly positive definite \(n\times n\)-matrix and \(U\in C^\infty(\mathbb R^n)\) such that \(\rho(x,y):= \exp[-(\langle My,y\rangle+| x|^2+2U(y))]\) is integrable on \(\mathbb R^{2n}\), then the normalized measure with density \(\rho\) is an invariant probability measure for \(K\) in the weak sense. It is proved that if \[ \int_{\mathbb R^n} (U^2 +| D U| ^2)(y)\exp[-2U]\,dy<\infty, \] then \(K\) is essentially \(m\)-dissipative in \(L^1(\mu)\), and its closure in \(L^1(\mu)\) is hence \(m\)-dissipative.