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Starting from the pseudo-differential decomposition $\mathbf{D}=(-\Delta)^{\frac{1}{2}}\mathcal{H}$ of the Dirac operator $\displaystyle \mathbf{D}=\sum_{j=1}^n\mathbf{e}_j\partial_{x_j}$ in terms of the fractional operator…

We consider a class of fourth order uniformly elliptic operators in planar Euclidean domains and study the associated heat kernel. For operators with $L^{\infty}$ coefficients we obtain Gaussian estimates with best constants, while for…

In this paper, we compute the first two equivariant heat kernel coefficients of the Bochner Laplacian on differential forms. The first two equivariant heat kernel coefficients of the Bochner Laplacian with torsion are also given. We also…

We provide sharp two-sided estimates of the heat kernel of the Dirichlet fractional Laplacian on the half-line perturbed by the Hardy potential.

We give a short overview of the effective action approach in quantum field theory and quantum gravity and describe various methods for calculation of the asymptotic expansion of the heat kernel for second-order elliptic partial differential…

Let $G$ be a connected semisimple Lie group, and $G_0$ be its connected split real form. In this paper, we deduce explicit expressions for the heat kernels $\rho^{G_0}_t$ associated with the Laplace--Beltrami operators $\Delta_{G_0}$ and…

Let $d\ge1$ and $0<\alpha<2$. Consider the integro-differential operator \[ \mathcal{L}f(x) =\int_{\mathbb{R}^{d}\backslash\{0\}}\left[f(x+h)-f(x)-\chi_{\alpha}(h)\nabla f(x)\cdot…

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…

By using Duhamel's formula, we prove sharp two-sided estimates for the heat kernel of spectral fractional Laplacian with time-dependent gradient perturbation in bounded $C^{1,1}$ domains. Moreover, we also obtain gradient estimate as well…

In this letter we present the calculation of the $a_{5}$ heat kernel coefficient of the heat operator trace for a partial differential operator of Laplace type on a compact Riemannian manifold with Dirichlet and Robin boundary conditions.

In this note we establish the large time non-negativity of the heat kernel for a class of elliptic differential operators on closed, Riemannian manifolds, and apply this result to a problem from conformal differential geometry.

In the case of the heat equation $u_t=u_{xx}+Vu$ on the real line there are some remarkable potentials $V$ for which the asymptotic expansion of the fundamental solution becomes a finite sum and gives an exact formula. We show that a…

This thesis studies the extension problem for higher-order fractional powers of the heat operator $H=\Delta-\partial_t$ in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$. Specifically, given $s>0$ and indicating with $[s]$ its integral part, we study the following…

We study the following time-fractional heat equation: \begin{equation*} ^{C}\partial_{t}^{\alpha}u(t)+\mathscr{L}u(t)=0,\quad u(0)=u_0\in X, \quad t\in[0,T],\quad T>0,\quad 0<\alpha<1, \end{equation*} where $^{C}\partial_{t}^{\alpha}$ is…

We study stochastic heat equations in the sense of Walsh defined by fractal Laplacians on Cantor-like sets. For this purpose, we first investigate the corresponding heat kernels. Then, we prove existence and uniqueness of mild solutions to…

We study the spectral properties of the Laplace type operator on the circle. We discuss various approximations for the heat trace, the zeta function and the zeta-regularized determinant. We obtain a differential equation for the heat kernel…

We study the heat kernel for an operator of Laplace type with a $\delta$-function potential concentrated on a closed surface. We derive the general form of the small $t$ asymptotics and calculate explicitly several first heat kernel…

For every $R>0$, consider the stochastic heat equation $\partial_{t} u_{R}(t\,,x)=\tfrac12 \Delta_{S_{R}^{2}}u_{R}(t\,,x)+\sigma(u_{R}(t\,,x)) \xi_{R}(t\,,x)$ on $S_{R}^{2}$, where $\xi_{R}=\dot{W_{R}}$ are centered Gaussian noises with the…

We obtain heat kernel estimates for a class of fourth order non-uniformly elliptic operators in two dimensions. Contrary to existing results, the operators considered have symbols that are not strongly convex. This rises certain…

We introduce a covariant canonical quantization for a particle in curved spacetime that tracks operator-ordering ambiguities. Parameterizing spatial and temporal ordering, we derive a Hermitian Hamiltonian with leading quantum-relativistic…