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Heat kernel bounds for parabolic equations with singular (form-bounded) vector fields

Analysis of PDEs 2021-07-14 v4 Probability

Abstract

We consider Kolmogorov operator a+b-\nabla \cdot a \cdot \nabla + b \cdot \nabla with measurable uniformly elliptic matrix aa and prove Gaussian lower and upper bounds on its heat kernel under minimal assumptions on the vector field bb and its divergence divb{\rm div\,}b. More precisely, we prove: (1) Gaussian lower bound, provided that divb0{\rm div\,}b \geq 0, and bb is in the class of form-bounded vector fields (containing e.g.\,the class LdL^d, the weak LdL^d class, as well as some vector fields that are not even in Lloc2+εL_{\rm loc}^{2+\varepsilon}, ε>0\varepsilon>0); in these assumptions, the Gaussian upper bound is in general invalid; (2) Gaussian upper bound, provided that bb is form-bounded, and the positive part of divb{\rm div\,}b is in the Kato class; in these assumptions, the Gaussian lower bound is in general invalid; (3) Gaussian upper and lower bounds, provided that bb is form-bounded, divb{\rm div\,}b is in the Kato class; (4) A priori Gaussian upper and lower bounds, provided that bb is in a large class containing the class of form-bounded vector fields, divb{\rm div\,}b is in the Kato class.

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@article{arxiv.2103.11482,
  title  = {Heat kernel bounds for parabolic equations with singular (form-bounded) vector fields},
  author = {D. Kinzebulatov and Yu. A. Semenov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.11482},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

Added a priori counterparts of Theorems 2 and 3 (upper Gaussian bound and two-sided Gaussian bounds) for an even larger class of vector fields

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