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The heat kernel on a complex semisimple Lie group and an integral presentation of the heat kernel on its split real form

Functional Analysis 2026-03-03 v1

Abstract

Let GG be a connected semisimple Lie group, and G0G_0 be its connected split real form. In this paper, we deduce explicit expressions for the heat kernels ρtG0\rho^{G_0}_t associated with the Laplace--Beltrami operators ΔG0\Delta_{G_0} and ΔG\Delta_{G} respectively, using the algebra of differential operators on an appropriate homogeneous space. These expressions involve the heat Gaussian and the heat kernel on a maximal compact subgroup. Using these expressions for ρtG0\rho^{G_0}_t and ρtG\rho^{G}_t, we derive an integral formula relating the heat kernel ρtG0\rho^{G_0}_t to ρtG\rho^{G}_t. In the special case of G0=SL(2,R)G_0=SL(2,\mathbb{R}), we show that the integral formula of ρSL(2,R)\rho^{SL(2,\mathbb{R})} is expressed in terms of the properties of Tchebycheff polynomials.

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@article{arxiv.2603.00370,
  title  = {The heat kernel on a complex semisimple Lie group and an integral presentation of the heat kernel on its split real form},
  author = {Masafumi Shimada},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.00370},
  year   = {2026}
}

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