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The asymptotic expansion of the heat kernel on a compact Lie group

Functional Analysis 2011-11-14 v1 Differential Geometry Metric Geometry Spectral Theory

Abstract

Let GG be a compact connected Lie group equipped with a bi-invariant metric. We calculate the asymptotic expansion of the heat kernel of the laplacian on GG and the heat trace using Lie algebra methods. The Duflo isomorphism plays a key role.

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@article{arxiv.1111.2643,
  title  = {The asymptotic expansion of the heat kernel on a compact Lie group},
  author = {Seunghun Hong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.2643},
  year   = {2011}
}