Positivity and polynomial decay of energies for square-field operators

arXiv2112.04606MaRDI QIDQ6385166FDOQ6385166

Publication date: 8 December 2021

Abstract: We show that for a general Markov generator the associated square-field (or carr'e du champs) operator and all their iterations are positive. The proof is based on an interpolation between the operators involving the generator and their semigroups, and an interplay between positivity and convexity on Banach lattices. Positivity of the square-field operators allows to define a hierarchy of quadratic and positive energy functionals which decay to zero along solutions of the corresponding evolution equation. Assuming that the Markov generator satisfies an operator-theoretic normality condition, the sequence of energies is log-convex. In particular, this implies polynomial decay in time for the energy functionals along solutions.

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