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Estimates of derivatives of the heat kernel on a compact Riemannian manifold

Author(s): Elton P. Hsu
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 127 (1999), 3739-3744.
MSC (1991): Primary 58G32; Secondary 60J60
Posted: May 13, 1999
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Abstract: We give global estimates on the covariant derivatives of the heat kernel on a compact Riemannian manifold on a fixed finite time interval. The proof is based on analyzing the behavior of the heat kernel along Riemannian Brownian bridge.


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Additional Information:

Elton P. Hsu
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
Email: elton@math.nwu.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-99-04967-9
PII: S 0002-9939(99)04967-9
Posted: May 13, 1999
Additional Notes: The research was supported in part by NSF grant 9406888-DMS
Communicated by: Stanley Sawyer
Copyright of article: Copyright 1999, American Mathematical Society


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