Calculus of Variations and Geometric Measure Theory

D. Barilari - J. Jendrej

Small time heat kernel asymptotics at the cut locus on surfaces of revolution

created by barilari on 08 Nov 2012
modified on 11 Oct 2013

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Inserted: 8 nov 2012
Last Updated: 11 oct 2013

Journal: Ann. Inst. Henri Poincaré Anal. Non Linéaire
Year: 2012

Abstract:

In this paper we investigate the small time heat kernel asymptotics on the cut locus on the class of two-spheres of revolution, which is the simplest class of 2-dimensional Riemannian manifolds different from the sphere with non trivial cut-conjugate locus. We determine the degeneracy of the exponential map near a cut-conjugate point and present the consequences of this result to the small time heat kernel asymptotics at this point. These results give a first example where the minimal degeneration of the asymptotic expansion at the cut locus is attained.


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