Exit problems associated with affine reflection groups

DOI10.1007/S00440-008-0171-9MaRDI QIDQ842383zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yan Doumerc, John Moriarty

Publication date 25 September 2009

Published in Zeitschrift für Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie und Verwandte Gebiete (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0707.2009

zbMATH Keywords

affine Weyl groupalcoveBrownian motionfirst exit timePfaffian

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Reflection and Coxeter groups (group-theoretic aspects) (20F55) Brownian motion (60J65)

Abstract: We obtain a formula for the distribution of the first exit time of Brownian motion from the alcove of an affine Weyl group. In most cases the formula is expressed compactly, in terms of Pfaffians. Expected exit times are derived in the type ~A case. The results extend to other Markov processes. We also give formulas for the real eigenfunctions of the Dirichlet and Neumann Laplacians on alcoves, observing that the `Hot Spots' conjecture of J. Rauch is true for alcoves.

Review text

The authors derive a formula for the distribution of the first exit time of Brownian motion from the alcove of an affine Weyl group. In most cases the formula is expressed compactly, in terms of Pfaffians. Expected exist times are derived in the type \(\widetilde{A}\) case. The results extend to other Markov processes. Formulas for the real eigenfunctions of the Dirichlet and Neumann Laplacians on alcoves are also given using the fact that the `Hot Spots' conjecture of J. Rauch holds for alcoves [cf. \textit{R. Bañuelos} and \textit{K. Burdzy}, J. Funct. Anal. 164, No. 1, 1--33 (1999; Zbl 0938.35045)].

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