Hyperbolic Green function estimates (Q2660168)

Let \(\mathbb{H}^n:=\{x\in \mathbb{R}^n: x_n>0\}\) be the half-space of \(\mathbb{R}^n\) equipped with the Riemannian metric \(ds^2=\frac{dx_1^2+\cdots +dx^2_n}{x^2_n}\). The paper under review is concerned with the hyperbolic Brownian motion \(\mathbf{B}(t)\) in \(\mathbb{H}^n\), which is generated by the so-called Laplace-Beltrami operator: \[ \Delta_{\mathbb{H}^n}=x_n^2\left(\sum_{k=1}^n \frac{\partial^2}{\partial x^2_k}\right)-(n-2)x_n\frac{\partial}{\partial x_n}. \] At first, a representation of \(\mathbf{B}(t)\) is stated roughly as follows. Let \(W(t)\) be the usual Brownian motion in \(\mathbb{R}^n\). Then \(\mathbf{B}(t)\) can be obtained from \(W(t)\) by certain transformations involving time change, killing, and Doob's \(h\)-transformation. In addition, by means of this representation, the general estimates for the hyperbolic Green function of a smooth open set \(D\subset \mathbb{H}^n\) and the sharp two sided estimates for the hyperbolic Green function of a ball are derived. Here, the hyperbolic Green function means the Green function relative to the hyperbolic Brownian motion.