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In the branch of mathematics known as potential theory, a Dirichlet form is a generalization of the Laplacian that can be defined on any measure space, without the need for mentioning partial derivatives. This allows mathematicians to study the Laplace equation and heat equation on spaces that are not manifolds: for example, fractals. To accomplish this generalization, one focuses not on the Laplacian itself but on the quantity : that is minimized when the Laplacian vanishes. Technically, a Dirichlet form is a Markovian closed symmetric form on an ''L''2-space.〔Fukushima, M, Oshima, Y., & Takeda, M. (1994). ''Dirichlet forms and symmetric Markov processes.'' Walter de Gruyter & Co , ISBN 3-11-011626-X〕 Such objects are studied in abstract potential theory, based on the classical Dirichlet's principle. The theory of Dirichlet forms originated in the work of on Dirichlet spaces. A Dirichlet form on a measure space is a bilinear function : such that 1) The domain is a dense subset of 2) is symmetric, that is for any . 3) for any . 4) The set equipped with the inner product defined by is a real Hilbert space. 5) For any we have that and In other words, a Dirichlet form is nothing but a positive symmetric bilinear form defined on a dense subset of such that 4) and 5) hold. Alternatively, the quadratic form itself is known as the Dirichlet form and it is still denoted by , so . The best known Dirichlet form is the Dirichlet energy of functions on : which gives rise to the space . Another example of a Dirichlet form is given by : where is some non-negative symmetric integral kernel. If the kernel satisfies the bound , then the quadratic form is bounded in . If moreover, , then the form is comparable to the norm in squared and in that case the set defined above is given by . Thus Dirichlet forms are natural generalizations of the Dirichlet integrals : where is a positive symmetric matrix. The Euler-Lagrange equation of a Dirichlet form is a non-local analogue of an elliptic equations in divergence form. Equations of this type are studied using variational methods and they are expected to satisfy similar properties.〔〔〔 == References == * * * *. * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dirichlet form」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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