Wiener path integrals and the fundamental solution for the Heisenberg Laplacian (Q1880939): Difference between revisions

The author presents explicit calculations of the heat kernel, fundamental solution and Schwartz kernel of the resolvent for the Heisenberg Laplacian \[ \Delta_H= (X_1)^2+ (X_2)^2\;(X_1=\partial/\partial x_1- x_2\partial/\partial x_0,\;X_2= \partial/\partial x_2- x_1\partial/\partial x_0). \] He starts with the Fourier transform of the heat equation \(v_t= \Delta_H v/2\) which provides the heat semigroup \(\exp(-(- \Delta+ \xi^2|c\dot|^2)\) with a quadratic potential. Then the Feynman-Kac formula, the Trotter product formula for self-adjoint operators and Wiener path integrals are applied to obtain the Mehler's formula for the transform \(\widehat v\). Finally, \(u= -\int^\infty_0 v\,dt\) yields the heat kernel.