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By the connection graph we mean an underlying weighted graph with a connection which associates edge set with an orthogonal group. This paper centers its investigation on the connection heat kernels on connection lattices and connection…

We consider the Dirichlet form given by \sE(f,f)&=&{1/2}\int_{\bR^d}\sum_{i,j=1}^d a_{ij}(x)\frac{\partial f(x)}{\partial x_i} \frac{\partial f(x)}{\partial x_j} dx &+&\int_{\bR^d\times \bR^d} (f(y)-f(x))^2J(x,y)dxdy. Under the assumption…

We prove large-time Gaussian upper bounds for continuous-time heat kernels of Laplacians on graphs with unbounded geometry. Our estimates hold for centers of large balls satisfying a Sobolev inequality and volume doubling. Distances are…

In the sub-Riemannian manifolds, on the one hand, following Baudoin-Garofalo \cite{BaudoinGarofalo}, the upper bound for heat kernels associated to a class of locally subelliptic operators are given under the generalized curvature-dimension…

We study second-order elliptic partial differential operators acting on sections of vector bundles over a compact manifold with boundary with a non-scalar positive definite leading symbol. Such operators, called non-Laplace type operators,…

Let $L = -{\rm div}( A(x) \cdot \nabla ) + V(x)$ be a second-order uniformly elliptic operator on $\mathbb{ R }^{n}$ $(n\geq 3)$, where $A(x)$ is a real symmetric matrix satisfying standard ellipticity conditions, and $V$ is a nonnegative…

We show that the small-time asymptotics of the sub-Riemannian heat kernel, its derivatives, and its logarithmic derivatives can be localized, allowing them to be studied even on incomplete manifolds, under essentially optimal conditions on…

A systematic and unified approach to transformations and symmetries of general second order linear parabolic partial differential equations is presented. Equivalence group is used to derive the Appell type transformations, specifically…

Let $Z=(Z^{1}, \ldots, Z^{d})$ be the d-dimensional L\'evy {process} where {$Z^i$'s} are independent 1-dimensional L\'evy {processes} with identical jumping kernel $ \nu^1(r) =r^{-1}\phi(r)^{-1}$. Here $\phi$ is {an} increasing function…

We survey the recent progress in the study of heat kernels for a class of non-symmetric non-local operators. We focus on the existence and sharp two-sided estimates of the heat kernels and their connection to jump diffusions.

We derive estimates of the derivatives of the heat kernel on noncompact symmetric spaces and on locally symmetric spaces. Applying these estimates we study the $L^{p}$-boundedness of Littlewood-Paley-Stein operators and the Laplacian of the…

We study the heat kernel asymptotics for the Laplace type differential operators on vector bundles over Riemannian manifolds. In particular this includes the case of the Laplacians acting on differential p-forms. We extend our results…

We calculate the closed analytic form of the solution of heat kernel equation for the anisotropic generalizations of flat Laplacian. We consider a UV as well as UV/IR interpolating generalizations. In all cases, the result can be expressed…

We analyze the spectra of general non-minimal second-order operators. To do this, we derive the local part of the trace of the second Seeley-DeWitt heat kernel coefficient for such operators in a completely model-independent way.…

In this paper, we study sharp two-sided heat kernel estimates for a large class of symmetric reflected diffusions with jumps on the closure of an inner uniform domain $D$ in a length metric space. The length metric is the intrinsic metric…

The off-diagonal heat-kernel expansion of a Laplace operator including a general gauge-connection is computed on a compact manifold without boundary up to third order in the curvatures. These results are used to study the early-time…

Let $d\geq 1$ and $\alpha \in (0, 2)$. Consider the following non-local and non-symmetric L\'evy-type operator on $\mR^d$: $$ \sL^\kappa_{\alpha}f(x):=\mbox{p.v.}\int_{\mR^d}(f(x+z)-f(x))\frac{\kappa(x,z)}{|z|^{d+\alpha}} \dif z, $$ where…

We consider the heat equation $u_t=Lu$ where $L$ is a second-order difference operator in a discrete variable $n$. The fundamental solution has an expansion in terms of the Bessel functions of imaginary argument. The coefficients…

We prove upper and lower bounds of the heat kernel for the operator $\Delta-\nabla (\frac{1}{|x|^{\alpha}})\cdot \nabla $ in $\mathbb{R}^{n}\setminus\{0} $ where $\alpha >0$. We obtain these bounds from an isoperimetric inequality for a…

The asymptotic expansion of the heat-kernel for small values of its argument has been studied in many different cases and has been applied to 1-loop calculations in Quantum Field Theory. In this thesis we consider this asymptotic behavior…