A general continuity principle
Let D be an open set in ℝⁿ (n ≥ 2) and ω(·,D) be the harmonic measure on with respect to the symmetric α-stable process (0 < α < 2) killed upon leaving D. We study inequalities on volumes or capacities which imply that a set S on ∂D has zero harmonic measure and others which imply that S has positive harmonic measure. In general, it is the relative sizes of the sets S and that determine whether ω(S,D) is zero or positive.
Let be an elliptic linear operator in a domain in . We imposse only weak regularity conditions on the coefficients. Then the adjoint exists in the sense of distributions, and we start by deducing a regularity theorem for distribution solutions of equations of type given distribution. We then apply to R.M. Hervé’s theory of adjoint harmonic spaces. Some other properties of are also studied. The results generalize earlier work of the author.