Title Heat kernels for elliptic and sub-elliptic operators : methods and techniques / Ovidiu Calin [and others]

Published [Boston] : Birkhäuser ; New York : Springer, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 289-433 pages) Series Applied and numerical harmonic analysis Applied and numerical harmonic analysis. Contents Part I. Traditional Methods for Computing Heat Kernels -- Introduction -- Stochastic Analysis Method -- A Brief Introduction to Calculus of Variations -- The Path Integral Approach -- The Geometric Method -- Commuting Operators -- Fourier Transform Method -- The Eigenfunctions Expansion Method -- Part II. Heat Kernel on Nilpotent Lie Groups and Nilmanifolds -- Laplacians and Sub-Laplacians -- Heat Kernels for Laplacians and Step 2 Sub-Laplacians -- Heat Kernel for Sub-Laplacian on the Sphere Ŝ3 -- Part III. Laguerre Calculus and Fourier Method -- Finding Heat Kernels by Using Laguerre Calculus -- Constructing Heat Kernel for Degenerate Elliptic Operators -- Heat Kernel for the Kohn Laplacian on the Heisenberg Group -- Part IV. Pseudo-Differential Operators -- The Psuedo-Differential Operators Technique -- Bibliography -- Index Summary This monograph is a unified presentation of several theories of finding explicit formulas for heat kernels for both elliptic and sub-elliptic operators. These kernels are important in the theory of parabolic operators because they describe the distribution of heat on a given manifold as well as evolution phenomena and diffusion processes. The work is divided into four main parts: Part I treats the heat kernel by traditional methods, such as the Fourier transform method, paths integrals, variational calculus, and eigenvalue expansion; Part II deals with the heat kernel on nilpotent Lie groups and nilmanifolds; Part III examines Laguerre calculus applications; Part IV uses the method of pseudo-differential operators to describe heat kernels. Topics and features: •comprehensive treatment from the point of view of distinct branches of mathematics, such as stochastic processes, differential geometry, special functions, quantum mechanics, and PDEs; •novelty of the work is in the diverse methods used to compute heat kernels for elliptic and sub-elliptic operators; •most of the heat kernels computable by means of elementary functions are covered in the work; •self-contained material on stochastic processes and variational methods is included. Heat Kernels for Elliptic and Sub-elliptic Operators is an ideal reference for graduate students, researchers in pure and applied mathematics, and theoretical physicists interested in understanding different ways of approaching evolution operators Analysis wiskunde mathematics fysica physics stochastische processen stochastic processes partial differential equations toegepaste wiskunde applied mathematics differentiaalmeetkunde differential geometry waarschijnlijkheidstheorie probability theory Mathematics (General) Wiskunde (algemeen) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Elliptic operators. Fourier transformations. Transformaciones de Fourier Elliptic operators Fourier transformations Form Electronic book Author Calin, Ovidiu. ISBN 9780817649951 0817649956

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