Let
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Assuming that there is a Green function pan id="mmlsi13" class="mathmlsrc">pan class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0723086914000784&_mathId=si13.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0723086914000784&_rdoc=1&_issn=07230869&md5=cde4c28c77e98506335514e59027bcc6" title="Click to view the MathML source">G>0pan>pan class="mathContainer hidden">pan class="mathCode">pan>pan>pan> for pan id="mmlsi100" class="mathmlsrc">pan class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0723086914000784&_mathId=si100.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0723086914000784&_rdoc=1&_issn=07230869&md5=c1b8a540867c0c0ff0a9b158e1630798" title="Click to view the MathML source">Xpan>pan class="mathContainer hidden">pan class="mathCode">pan>pan>pan> which locally satisfies the triangle inequality pan id="mmlsi15" class="mathmlsrc">pan class="formulatext stixSupport mathImg" data-mathURL="/science?_ob=MathURL&_method=retrieve&_eid=1-s2.0-S0723086914000784&_mathId=si15.gif&_user=111111111&_pii=S0723086914000784&_rdoc=1&_issn=07230869&md5=9f7765ded9859de8f889b717487ddbaf" title="Click to view the MathML source">G(x,z)∧G(y,z)≤CG(x,y)pan>pan class="mathContainer hidden">pan class="mathCode">pan>pan>pan> (true for many Lévy processes), it is shown that Hunt’s hypothesis (H) holds, that is, every semipolar set is polar.