Derivative formula and gradient estimates for Gruschin type semigroups

Abstract: By solving a control problem and using Malliavin calculus, explicit derivative formula is derived for the semigroup

P_{t}

generated by the Gruschin type operator on

R^{m} i m e s R^{d} :

L (x,y)=ff 1 2 �igg{sum_{i=1}^m pp_{x_i}^2 +sum_{j,k=1}^d (si(x)si(x)^*)_{jk} pp_{y_j}pp_{y_k}�igg}, (x,y)in R^m imesR^d,

where

s i i n C^{1} (R^{m}; R^{d} o t i m e s R^{d})

might be degenerate. In particular, if

s i (x)

is comparable with

| x |^{l} I_{d i m e s d}

for some

l g e 1

in the sense of ( ef{A4}), then for any

p > 1

there exists a constant

C_{p} > 0

such that

| n P_t f(x,y)|le ff{C_p (P_t |f|^p)^{1/p}}{ss{t}land ss{t(|x|^2+t)^l}}, t>0, fin B_b(R^{m+d}), (x,y)in R^{m+d},

which implies a new Harnack type inequality for the semigroup. A more general model is also investigated.

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