Heat flow and perimeter in \(\mathbb{R}^m\) (Q380025)

Let \(\Omega\subset{\mathbb R}^m\) be an open set with finite perimeter \({\mathcal P}(\Omega)\) and let \(H_{\Omega}\) be the heat content of \(\Omega\) in \({\mathbb R}^m\) given by \[ H_{\Omega}(t)=\int\int_{\Omega\times\Omega} p_m(x,y;t)dxdy. \] The first result of this paper establishes the following expansion \[ H_\Omega(t)=|\Omega|-\pi^{-1/2}{\mathcal P}(\Omega) t^{1/2}+o(t^{1/2})\quad\text{ as }t\to 0. \] The second result of the paper analyses the heat content for horn-shaped open sets in the form \(\Omega(\alpha,\Sigma)=\{(x,x')\in {\mathbb R}^m: x'\in (1+x)^{-\alpha}\Sigma, x>0\}\), where \(\alpha>0\), \(\Sigma\subset{\mathbb R}^{m-1}\) is an open set, star-shaped with respect to the origin and with finite perimeter in \({\mathbb R}^{m-1}\). The author obtains four different regimes for the heat content of such domains as well as two limiting cases where logarithmic corrections appear.