Uniqueness of positive solutions of the heat equation

Uniqueness of positive solutions of the heat equation
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 99 (1987), 353-356 Request permission

Uniqueness is proved for positive solutions of the heat equation on complete Riemannian manifolds with Ricci curvature bounded from below.

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