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Estimates for the Heat Kernel on SL(n,R)/ SO(n)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

P. Sawyer*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 5C6 e-mail: sawyer@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca
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Abstract

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In [1], Jean-Philippe Anker conjectures an upper bound for the heat kernel of a symmetric space of noncompact type. We show in this paper that his prediction is verified for the space of positive definite n × n real matrices.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1997

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