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Heat kernel asymptotics on the free step-two Carnot group with $3$ generators

Analysis of PDEs 2023-12-27 v1 Probability

Abstract

In this work, we establish the uniform heat kernel asymptotics as well as sharp bounds for its derivatives on the free step-two Carnot group with 33 generators. As a by-product, on this highly non-trivial toy model, we completely solve the Gaveau-Brockett problem, in other words, we obtain the expression of the squared Carnot-Carath\'eodory distance, as explicitly as one can possibly hope for. Furthermore, the precise estimates of the heat kernel, and its small-time asymptotic behaviors are deduced.

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@article{arxiv.2312.15168,
  title  = {Heat kernel asymptotics on the free step-two Carnot group with $3$ generators},
  author = {Hong-Quan Li and Sheng-Chen Mao and Ye Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.15168},
  year   = {2023}
}
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