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Martin boundary and local limit theorem of Brownian motion on negatively-curved manifolds

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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.
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