The heat kernel on the two-sphere (Q5896472)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3876269
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3876269 |
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The heat kernel on the two-sphere (English)
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1984
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Regard the two dimensional sphere \(S^ 2\) as the homogeneous space G/H where \(G=SU(2)\) and \(H=U(1)\). The authors use the representation theory of SU(2) to compute an explicit full solution to the heat kernel on \(S^ 2\).
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homogeneous space
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representation theory
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heat kernel
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