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A random product of markovian semi-groups of operators

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Let Y(t) be a continuous time pure jump process with state space S = {1,2,...,n} and let ξ01,..., be the succession of states visited by Y(t), Δ01,... the sojourn times in each state, N(t) the number of transitions before t and \(\Delta _t = t - \sum\limits_{k = 0}^{N(t) - 1} {\Delta _k }\). For each k ε S, let Tk(t) be an operator semigroup on a Banach space L with infinitesimal generator ak. Define Tλ (t,ω)=\(T_{\xi _0 } (\tfrac{1}{\lambda }\Delta _0 )T_{\xi _1 } (\tfrac{1}{\lambda }\Delta _1 ) \cdot ... \cdot T_{\xi _{{\rm N}(\lambda t)} } (\tfrac{1}{\lambda }\Delta _{\lambda t} )\). It is known (Kurtz) that if

exist for all k = 1,2,...,n and \(\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {\mu _i = 1}\), then under appropriate conditions the closure of a = \(\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {\mu _i a_i }\)is the infinitesimal operator for a strongly continuous semigroup T(t) defined on L and Tλ(t,ω) converges almost surely to T(t) as λ → ∞. The existence and identification of this limit is of interest even when the closure of a is not a generator. A probabilistic version of this problem is given in the case of Markovian transition semi-group when the corresponding processes have identical hitting distributions. Sufficient conditions for the existence of limit are given. With S = {1,2} and \(\left\{ \begin{gathered}1,2n \leqslant t < 2n + 1 \hfill \\2,2n + 1 \leqslant t < 2n + 2 \hfill \\\end{gathered} \right.\), n = 0,1,2,..., the result is obtained by Loren Pitt.

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  • Sojourn Time
  • Continuous Semigroup
  • Markovian Semigroup
  • Operator Semigroup
  • Random Evolution

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Wang, F.J.S. (1975). A random product of markovian semi-groups of operators. In: Pinsky, M.A. (eds) Probabilistic Methods in Differential Equations. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 451. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0068579

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