Old and New on the Laplace-Beltrami Derivative

The (strong) Laplace-Beltrami derivative and related operators appear quite frequently in many problems involving Fourier series, spherical harmonics, approximation of functions and smoothness. This article intends to provide an overview with updates on such operators. While most of the results concerning the Laplace-Beltrami derivative found in the literature are stated in the three-dimensional setting, our approach includes higher-dimensional spheres. We present proofs for results which are labeled as known but are just mentioned elsewhere. Spherical moduli of smoothness and decay rates for eigenvalues of integral operators are also among the covered topics.     

Regularized traces of a perturbed laplace-beltrami operator on the unit two-dimensional sphere

The paper contains formulas for regularized traces of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on the unit sphere under perturbation determined by a bounded complex-valued potential and a sufficiently complete justification of these formulas. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 67, No. 5, pp. 702–705, May, 2000.     

Unitarily invariant strictly positive definite kernels on spheres

We present a Fourier characterization for the continuous and unitarily invariant strictly positive definite kernels on the unit sphere in \({\mathbb {C}}^{q}\), thus adding to a celebrated work of I. J. Schoenberg on positive definite functions on real spheres.     

Higher Laplace–Beltrami Operators on Bounded Symmetric Domains

It was conjectured by the first author and Peetre that the higher Laplace–Beltrami operators generate the whole ring of invariant operators on bounded symmetric domains. We give a proof of the conjecture for domains of rank ≤ 6 by using a graph manipulation of K¨ahler curvature tensor. We also compute higher order terms in the asymptotic expansions of the Bergman kernels and the Berezin transform on bounded symmetric domain.     

Conditionally positive definite dot product kernels

This paper deals with conditionally positive definite kernels on Euclidean spaces. The focus here is on dot product kernels, that is, those depending on the inner product of the variables. Among the results, we include some properties relating conditional positive definiteness and standard convolution in the line and also results related to the characterization of the conditionally positive definite dot product kernels with respect to finite-dimensional polynomial spaces. We also introduce and characterize two large classes of strictly conditionally positive definite dot product kernels.     

球面上热核的渐近展开

具体计算了球面Ｓｎ（１）（ｎ２）上热核的渐近展开式中前五项的系数，而根据已有的公式只能算出前四项．最后给出了展开式一般项的递推公式，发现它与Ｂｅｒｎｏｕｌｉ数有未曾想到的联系．根据不变量理论，我们可以确定任意ｎ维紧致无边Ｒｉｅｍａｎｎ流形上热核的渐近展开式中第五项的系数．     

双曲空间中Laplace-Beltrami方程的一个带位移的边值问题

讨论了双曲空间中Laplace-Beltrami方程的一个带位移的边值问题.首先将双曲空间中的Laplace-Beltrami方程的解转化为Clifford分析中的超正则函数.然后给出了超正则函数的Plemelj公式并讨论了相关奇异积分算子的性质,最后利用积分方程的方法和压缩不动点原理证明了Laplace-Beltrami方程的一个带位移的边值问题的解的存在性和唯一性.     

Hermite interpolation with radial basis functions on spheres

We show how conditionally negative definite functions on spheres coupled with strictly completely monotone functions (or functions whose derivative is strictly completely monotone) can be used for Hermite interpolation. The classes of functions thus obtained have the advantage over the strictly positive definite functions studied in [17] that closed form representations (as opposed to series expansions) are readily available. Furthermore, our functions include the historically significant spherical multiquadrics. Numerical results are also presented. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Hilbert Transforms on the Sphere with the Clifford Algebra Setting

Through a double-layer potential argument the inner and outer Poisson kernels, the Cauchy-type conjugate inner and outer Poisson kernels, and the kernels of the Cauchy-type inner and outer Hilbert transformations on the sphere are deduced. We also obtain Abel sum expansions of the kernels and prove the L ^p -boundedness of the inner and outer Hilbert transformations for 1<p<∞.     

On well-posedness of semilinear parabolic and elliptic problems in the hyperbolic space

We investigate existence and uniqueness of solutions to semilinear parabolic and elliptic equations in bounded domains of the n-dimensional hyperbolic space (n?3). Lp→Lq estimates for the semigroup generated by the Laplace-Beltrami operator are obtained and then used to prove existence and uniqueness results for parabolic problems. Moreover, under proper assumptions on the nonlinear function, we establish uniqueness of positive classical solutions and nonuniqueness of singular solutions of the elliptic problem; furthermore, for the corresponding semilinear parabolic problem, nonuniqueness of weak solutions is stated.     

Conditionally positive definite kernels on Euclidean domains

This paper characterizes several classes of conditionally positive definite kernels on a domain Ω of either or . Among the classes is that composed of strictly conditionally positive definite kernels. These kernels are known to be useful in the solution of variational interpolation problems on Ω. Our study covers the case in which Ω is the sphere S^l−1 of or a similar manifold. Among other things, our results imply that the characterization of (strict) conditional positive definiteness on Ω can be obtained from a characterization of (strict) positive definiteness on Ω. The bi-zonal strictly conditionally positive definite kernels on S^l−1, l?3, are described.     

The principle of general localization on unit sphere

In this paper we study the general localization principle for Fourier-Laplace series on unit sphere SN⊂RN+1. Weak type (1,1) property of maximal functions is used to establish the estimates of the maximal operators of Riesz means at critical index . The properties Jacobi polynomials are used in estimating the maximal operators of spectral expansions in L₂(SN). For extending positive results on critical line , 1?p?2, we apply interpolation theorem for the family of the linear operators of weak types. The generalized localization principle is established by the analysis of spectral expansions in L₂. We have proved the sufficient conditions for the almost everywhere convergence of Fourier-Laplace series by Riesz means on the critical line.     

带Bergman度量的有界典型域上Laplace-Beltrami算子谱的下界

本文估计了带K?hler度量的有界典型域上Laplace-Beltrami算子谱的下界,给出了带K?hler度量的第二类有界典型域上Laplace-Beltrami算子谱的下界的范围.特别地,对于秩为1的区域,本文给出的结论与已有结论相一致.     

Localization of spherical harmonic expansions

We present a localization theorem for expansions in eigenfunctions of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on a compact two-point homogeneous space.     

Well-posedness of two pseudo-parabolic problems for electrical conduction in heterogeneous media

We prove a well-posedness result for two pseudo-parabolic problems, which can be seen as two models for the same electrical conduction phenomenon in heterogeneous media, neglecting the magnetic field. One of the problems is the concentration limit of the other one, when the thickness of the dielectric inclusions goes to zero. The concentrated problem involves a transmission condition through interfaces, which is mediated by a suitable Laplace-Beltrami type equation.     

A CR Poincaré inequality on the complex sphere

The main purpose of this paper is to prove a CR Poincaré inequality with sharp exponent on the sphere in complex space. We use the complex tangential gradient on the sphere instead of the usual Laplace-Beltrami gradient on the sphere.     

On differentiability and analyticity of positive definite functions

We derive a set of differential inequalities for positive definite functions based on previous results derived for positive definite kernels by purely algebraic methods. Our main results show that the global behavior of a smooth positive definite function is, to a large extent, determined solely by the sequence of even-order derivatives at the origin: if a single one of these vanishes then the function is constant; if they are all non-zero and satisfy a natural growth condition, the function is real-analytic and consequently extends holomorphically to a maximal horizontal strip of the complex plane.     

Variation of Potentials in the Unit Ball of $ {\shadC}^n$

In this paper, we study the variation of invariant Green potentials G w in the unit ball B of $ {\shadC}^n$ , which for suitable measures w are defined by $$ G_{\mu}(z) = \int_{B}G(z,w)\, d\mu(w), $$ where G is the invariant Green function for the Laplace-Beltrami operator ¨ j on B . The main result of the paper is as follows. Let w be a non-negative regular Borel measure on B satisfying $$ \int_{B}(1-|w|^2)^n\log {1 \over (1-|w|^2)}\, \d\mu(w) ] B , { z denotes the holomorphic automorphism of B satisfying { z (0) = z , { z ( z ) = 0 and ( { z { z )( w ) = w for every w ] B .