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Gaussian bounds for complex subelliptic operators on Lie groups of polynomial growth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

A. F. M. Ter Elst
Affiliation:
Centre for Mathematics and its Applications, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
Derek W. Robinson
Affiliation:
Centre for Mathematics and its Applications, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
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Abstract

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We prove large time Gaussian bounds for the semigroup kernels associated with complex, second-order, subelliptic operators on Lie groups of polynomial growth.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 2003

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