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Let $(M,g(t))$, $0\le t\le T$, $\partial M\ne\phi$, be a compact $n$-dimensional manifold, $n\ge 2$, with metric $g(t)$ evolving by the Ricci flow such that the second fundamental form of $\partial M$ with respect to the unit outward normal…

In this paper, we consider the weighted $p$-Laplacian equation $$ \Delta_{p,f}u+au^{\sigma}\ln u=0$$ defined on a complete smooth metric measure space under the conditon that the $m$-Bakry-\'{E}mery Ricci curvature has a lower bound, where…

Metric measure spaces satisfying the reduced curvature-dimension condition $CD^*(K,N)$ and where the heat flow is linear are called $RCD^*(K,N)$-spaces. This class of non smooth spaces contains Gromov-Hausdorff limits of Riemannian…

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The classical Gel'fand's inverse problem asks whether a Riemannian manifold is uniquely determined by the knowledge of the heat kernel on any open subset of the manifold. We study this inverse problem in the non-smooth setting in the…

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In this article, we prove exact estimates for the $W$-invariant Dunkl kernel and heat kernel, for the root system of type $A$ with arbitrary positive multiplicities. We apply the estimates of the $W$-invariant Dunkl heat kernel to compute…

We obtain a global weighted $L^p$ estimate for the gradient of the weak solutions to divergence form elliptic equations with measurable coefficients in a nonsmooth bounded domain. The coefficients are assumed to be merely measurable in one…

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Let $(X,d,\mu)$ be a $RCD^\ast(K, N)$ space with $K\in mathbb{R}$ and $N\in [1,\infty)$. Suppose that $(X,d)$ is connected, complete and separable, and $\supp \mu=X$. We prove that the Li-Yau inequality for the heat flow holds true on…

In the paper, we derive Li-Yau gradient estimates and Souplet Zhang type estimates of the following equation \begin{equation*} \begin{split} u_t= \Delta_\xi p+\lambda u+A(u) , \end{split} \end{equation*} on complete noncompact metric…

The purpose of this paper is to study gradient estimate of Hamilton - Souplet - Zhang type for the general heat equation $$ u_t=\Delta_V u + au\log u+bu $$ on noncompact Riemannian manifolds. As its application, we show a Harnak inequality…