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Two-sided Gaussian estimates for fundamental solutions of second-order parabolic equations in non-divergence form

Analysis of PDEs 2025-05-20 v1

Abstract

We establish two-sided Gaussian bounds for the fundamental solution of second-order parabolic operators in non-divergence form under minimal regularity assumptions. Specifically, we show that the upper and lower bounds follow from the local boundedness property and the weak Harnack inequality for the adjoint operator PP^*, respectively. This provides a simpler and more direct proof of the Gaussian estimates when the coefficients have Dini mean oscillation in xx, avoiding the use of normalized adjoint solutions required in previous works.

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@article{arxiv.2505.12659,
  title  = {Two-sided Gaussian estimates for fundamental solutions of second-order parabolic equations in non-divergence form},
  author = {Seick Kim and Sungjin Lee and Georgios Sakellaris},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.12659},
  year   = {2025}
}

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9 pages, 3 figures