Heat Kernel Asymptotics on Symmetric Spaces

The main goal of this paper is to study the asymptotic behaviour of solutions to the heat equation and the fractional heat equations on a Riemannian symmetric space of non-compact type. For $\alpha \in (0,1]$, let $h_t^\alpha$ denote the fractional heat kernel on a Riemannian symmetric space of non-compact type $X=G/K$ (see Section \ref{sef1}). We show that if $p \in [1,2]$ and $f \in L^1(X)$ is $K$-bi-invariant, then \[\lim_{t\to\infty}\frac{\|f\ast h_t^\alpha-\what f(i \gam...

We study the low-energy approximation for calculation of the heat kernel which is determined by the strong slowly varying background fields in strongly curved quasi-homogeneous manifolds. A new covariant algebraic approach, based on taking into account a finite number of low-order covariant derivatives of the background fields and neglecting all covariant derivatives of higher orders, is proposed. It is shown that a set of covariant differential operators together with the ba...

In this paper we extend our previous results on wrapping Brownian motion and heat kernels onto compact Lie groups to various symmetric spaces, where a global generalisation of Rouvi\`ere's formula and the $e$-function are considered. Additionally, we extend some of our results to complex Lie groups, and certain non-compact symmetric spaces.

We study the heat trace asymptotics defined by a time dependent family of operators of Laplace type which naturally appears for time dependent metrics.

We prove Beurling's theorem for rank 1 Riemmanian symmetric spaces and relate it to the characterization of the heat kernel of the symmetric space.

The starting point of our analysis is an old idea of writing an eigenfunction expansion for a heat kernel considered in the case of a hypoelliptic heat kernel on a nilpotent Lie group $G$. One of the ingredients of this approach is the generalized Fourier transform. The formula one gets using this approach is explicit as long as we can find all unitary irreducible representations of $G$. In the current paper we consider an $n$-step nilpotent Lie group $G_{n}$ as an illustrati...

The study of spectral properties of natural geometric elliptic partial differential operators acting on smooth sections of vector bundles over Riemannian manifolds is a central theme in global analysis, differential geometry and mathematical physics. Instead of studying the spectrum of a differential operator $L$ directly one usually studies its spectral functions, that is, spectral traces of some functions of the operator, such as the spectral zeta function $\zeta(s)=\Tr L^{...

In this paper, we first give a direct proof for two recurrence relations of the heat kernels for hyperbolic spaces in \cite{DM}. Then, by similar computation, we give two similar recurrence relations of the heat kernels for spheres. Finally, as an application, we compute the diagonal of heat kernels for odd dimensional hyperbolic spaces and the heat trace asymptotic expansions for odd dimensional spheres.

We give sharp asymptotic estimates at infinity of all radial partial derivatives of the heat kernel on H-type groups. As an application, we give a new proof of the discreteness of the spectrum of some natural sub-Riemannian Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operators on these groups.

The asymptotic expansion of the heat kernel associated with Laplace operators is considered for general irreducible rank one locally symmetric spaces. Invariants of the Chern-Simons theory of irreducible U(n)- flat connections on real compact hyperbolic 3-manifolds are derived