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Diffusion determines the compact manifold

Analysis of PDEs 2011-04-07 v1 Differential Geometry

Abstract

We provide a short proof for the theorem that two compact Riemannian manifolds are isomorphic if and only there exists an order isomorphism which intertwines between the heat semigroups on the manifolds.

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@article{arxiv.1104.1012,
  title  = {Diffusion determines the compact manifold},
  author = {W. Arendt and A. F. M. ter Elst},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.1012},
  year   = {2011}
}
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