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Let $\Delta$ be the Laplace--Beltrami operator acting on a non-doubling manifold with two ends $\mathbb R^m \sharp \mathcal R^n$ with $m > n \ge 3$. Let $\frak{h}_t(x,y)$ be the kernels of the semigroup $e^{-t\Delta}$ generated by $\Delta$.…

We present a kernel-based methodology for constructing Lyapunov functions for nonlinear dynamical systems using approximate Koopman eigenfunctions. Our approach decomposes principal Koopman eigenfunctions into linear and nonlinear…

We prove that the heat kernel associated to the Schr\"odinger type operator $A:=(1+|x|^\alpha)\Delta-|x|^\beta$ satisfies the estimate $$k(t,x,y)\leq…

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In this work we construct the heat kernel of the 1/2-order Laplacian perturbed by the first-order gradient term in H\"older space and the zero-order potential term in generalized Kato's class, and obtain sharp two-sided estimates as well as…

We develop the heat kernel method in the context of finite temperature quantum field theory. We compute the heat kernel expansion in the presence of general gauge and scalar fields which may be non Abelian and non stationary. The Polyakov…

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Let $Z=(Z^{1}, \ldots, Z^{d})$ be the $d$-dimensional L\'evy processes where $Z^{i}$'s are independent $1$-dimensional L\'evy processes with jump kernel $J^{\phi, 1}(u,w) =|u-w|^{-1}\phi(|u-w|)^{-1}$ for $u, w\in \mathbb R$. Here $\phi$ is…

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