On the equivalence of heat kernels of second-order parabolic operators

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Abstract: Let P be a second-order, symmetric, and nonnegative elliptic operator with real coefficients defined on noncompact Riemannian manifold M, and let V be a real valued function which belongs to the class of {em small perturbation potentials} with respect to the heat kernel of P in M. We prove that under some further assumptions (satisfying by a large classes of P and M) the positive minimal heat kernels of P−V and of P on M are equivalent. Moreover, the parabolic Martin boundary is stable under such perturbations, and the cones of all nonnegative solutions of the corresponding parabolic equations are affine homeomorphic


Essentially, the authors state sufficient conditions for having the equivalence between two heat kernels of two parabolic operators on a noncompact Riemannian manifold (Theorem 2.5). This result provides a positive answer on a conjecture raised by \textit{M. Fraas} et al. [Discrete Contin. Dyn. Syst. Ser. A 28, 495--509 (2010; Zbl 1198.35119)].



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