Capacities, removable sets and $L^p$-uniqueness on Wiener spaces

Abstract

We prove the equivalence of two different types of capacities in abstract Wiener spaces. This yields a criterion for the $L^p$-uniqueness of the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operator and its integer powers defined on suitable algebras of functions vanishing in a neighborhood of a given closed set $\Sigma$ of zero Gaussian measure. To prove the equivalence we show the $W^{r,p}(B,\mu)$-boundedness of certain smooth nonlinear truncation operators acting on potentials of nonnegative functions. We also give connections to Gaussian Hausdorff measures. Roughly speaking, if $L^p$-uniqueness holds then the 'removed' set $\Sigma$ must have sufficiently large codimension, in the case of the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operator for instance at least $2p$.