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

Davide Barilari (1) , Jacek Jendrej (1)

1 GECO - Geometric Control Design

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.

Domaines: Equations aux dérivées partielles [math.AP]; Géométrie différentielle [math.DG]

Davide Barilari, Jacek Jendrej. Small time heat kernel asymptotics at the cut locus on surfaces of revolution. 2012. ⟨hal-00750533⟩