Billiard Markov Operators and Second-Order Differential Operators

Author

Jasmine Ng, Washington University in St. LouisFollow

Author's School

Graduate School of Arts & Sciences

Author's Department/Program

Mathematics

Language

English (en)

Date of Award

5-24-2012

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Chair and Committee

Renato Feres

Abstract

We will consider a class of Markov operators that arise from billiard dynamical systems. In addition to discussing results about their convergence to second-order differential operators, we will approximate the spectrum of one in terms of the other.

Comments

Permanent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.7936/K7BR8Q87

Recommended Citation

Ng, Jasmine, "Billiard Markov Operators and Second-Order Differential Operators" (2012). All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs). 722.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/etd/722