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We study the eigenvalues $\lambda_1,\lambda_2,\lambda_3,\ldots$ (ordered by modulus) of the integral kernel $K(x,y) := \frac{1}{2} + \lfloor \frac{1}{x y}\rfloor - \frac{1}{x y}$ ($0<x,y\leq 1$). This kernel is of interest in connection…

We review the status of covariant methods in quantum field theory and quantum gravity, in particular, some recent progress in the calculation of the effective action via the heat kernel method. We study the heat kernel associated with an…

We explicitly construct a heat kernel as a Neumann series for certain function spaces, such as $L^{1}$, $L^{2}$, and Hilbert spaces, associated to a locally compact Hausdorff space $\mathfrak{X}$ with Borel $\sigma$-algebra $\mathcal{B}$,…

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…

Polterovich proved a remarkable closed formula for heat kernel coefficients of the Laplace operator on compact Riemannian manifolds involving powers of Laplacians acting on the distance function. In the case of K\"ahler manifolds, we prove…

An overview about recent progress in the calculation of the heat kernel and the one-loop effective action in quantum gravity and gauge theories is given. We analyse the general structure of the standard Schwinger-De Witt asymptotic…

We obtain two-sided estimates for the heat kernel (or the fundamental function) associated with the following fractional Schr\"odinger operator with negative Hardy potential $$\Delta^{\alpha/2} -\lambda |x|^{-\alpha}$$ on $\RR^d$, where…

We use the heat kernel (on differential forms) on a compact Riemannian manifold to assign a real number to a k-tuple of cycles on the manifold satisfying certain conditions. If k is 2, this number is the ordinary topological linking number,…

We present a brief overview of several approaches for calculating the local asymptotic expansion of the heat kernel for Laplace-type operators. The different methods developed in the papers of both authors some time ago are described in…

We consider a self-adjoint non-negative operator $H$ in a Hilbert space $\mathsf{L}^2(X,{\rm d}\mu)$. We assume that the semigroup $(\mathrm{e}^{-t H})_{t>0}$ is defined by an integral kernel, $p$, which allows an estimate of the form…

Let $M$ be a compact Riemannian manifold with smooth boundary, and let $R(\lambda)$ be the Dirichlet-to-Neumann operator at frequency $\lambda$. We obtain a leading asymptotic for the spectral counting function for $\lambda^{-1}R(\lambda)$…

Let $G$ be a noncompact semisimple Lie group equipped with a certain invariant Riemannian metric. Then, we can consider a heat kernel function on $G$ associated to the Riemannian metric. We give an explicit formula for the heat kernel when…

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.

We study the heat kernel transform on a nilmanifold M associated to a H-type group. Using a reduction technique we reduce the problem to the case of Heisenberg groups. The image of $ L^2(M) $ under the heat kernel transform is shown to be a…

This paper is devoted to establish the most essential connections of the eigenvalue problems for the Laplace operator, Lam\'{e} operator, Stokes operator, buckling operator and clamped plate operator. We show that the $k$-th Stokes…

On $\mathbb R^N$ equipped with a normalized root system $R$, a multiplicity function $k(\alpha) > 0$, and the associated measure $$ dw(\mathbf x)=\prod_{\alpha\in R}|\langle \mathbf x,\alpha\rangle|^{k(\alpha)}\, d\mathbf x, $$ let…

Let us consider a time-dependent differential operator quadratic with respect to the phase variables. Let us consider a multiplication operator defined with the help of a "small" matrix-valued function. Under suitable conditions, we give an…

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…

We establish dimension-independent estimates related to heat operators e^{tL} on manifolds. We first develop a very general contractivity result for Markov kernels which can be applied to diffusion semigroups. Second, we develop estimates…

Let $M= \Gamma \setminus \mathbb{H}_d$ be a compact quotient of the $d$-dimensional Heisenberg group $\mathbb{H}_d$ by a lattice subgroup $\Gamma$. We show that the eigenvalue counting function $N(\lambda)$ for any fixed element of a family…