Martin boundary and local limit theorem of Brownian motion on negatively-curved manifolds
Presenter
February 6, 2015
Keywords:
- heat kernel
- Laplacian
- spectrum of Laplacian
- Davies' conjecture
- counting geodesics
- Rayleigh quotient
- mixing-ness
MSC:
- 53C21
- 53C20
- 53Cxx
- 53C22
- 53C25
- 35K08
- 35K05
Abstract
Let $p(t,x,y)$ be the heat kernel on the universal cover $\widetilde{M}$ of a compact Riemannian manifold of negative curvature. We show that
C(x,y)=lim_{t→∞} e^{λ_0 t} t^3/2 p(t,x,y)
is a positive function depending only on $x,y \in \widetilde{M}$, where $\lambda_0$ is the bottom of the spectrum. The function $C(x,y)$ can be described in terms of a Patterson-Sullivan density on $\partial \widetilde{M}$. We also show that $\lambda_0$-Martin boundary of $\widetilde{M}$ coincides with its topological boundary.
We will explain how Margulis argument for counting geodesics as well as a uniform version of Dolgopyat's rapid-mixing of the geodesic flow are used to prove the results. This is a joint work with François Ledrappier.