No label defined (Q4939880)

Let \(X\) be a Riemannian manifold and let \(\Gamma_X\) be the space of simple configurations on \(X\). The space \(\Omega_X\) of compound configurations consists of measures on \(X\) of the form \[ \omega^\tau =\sum\limits_{x\in \gamma_\omega}s_x\delta_x, \] where \(\tau\) is a finite measure on \([0,\infty)\), \(s_x\) belong to the support of \(\tau\), \(\gamma_\omega \in \Gamma_X\). The authors introduce geometric objects on \(\Omega_X\) (an intrinsic gradient, divergence, and the Laplace-Beltrami operator), define Dirichlet forms and study the corresponding diffusions. A representation of the Lie algebra of vector fields is constructed within this framework.