Harnack inequality for a class of Kolmogorov-Fokker-Planck equations in non-divergence form (Q2418420)

In this article the authors study regularity properties of solutions to degenerate-parabolic equations in non-divergence form, whose prototypical example is given by \[ tr(A(v, y, t)D^2_v) + (v, \nabla_y)-\partial_t, \] where the matrix $A(v, y, t)$ is uniformly positive definite. More precisely, the authors prove invariant Harnack inequalities for a suitable class of non-divergence form equations of Kolmogorov type. The operators exhibit invariance properties with respect to a homogeneous Lie group structure. The coefficient matrix is assumed either to satisfy a Cordes-Landis condition on the eigenvalues, or to admit a uniform modulus of continuity.