Heat kernels for a class of degenerate elliptic operators using stochastic method

Ovidiu Calin, Der Chen Chang*, Jishan Hu, Yutian LI

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Formulas for heat kernels are found for degenerate elliptic operators by finding the probability density of the associated Ito diffusion. The formulas involve an integral of a product between a volume function and an exponential term.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)155-168
Number of pages14
JournalComplex Variables and Elliptic Equations
Volume57
Issue number2-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2012

Keywords

  • Brownian motion
  • degenerate elliptic operator
  • heat kernel

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