The complete heat-content asymptotic expansion for singular data

Let MM be a compact Riemannian manifold with smooth boundary M\partial M, let δ\delta denote the geodesic distance to the boundary, let DD be an operator of Laplace type with Dirichlet boundary conditions, and let Q(ψ1,ψ2,D)(t)Q(\psi_1,\psi_2,D)(t) be the heat content for data satisfying δα1ψ1\delta^{\alpha_1}\psi_1 and δα2ψ2\delta^{\alpha_2}\psi_2 smooth near the boundary. The complete heat-content asymptotic expansion. If α1+α2Z\alpha_1+\alpha_2\notin\mathbb{Z} and α1<2\alpha_1<2, α2<2\alpha_2<2, then, as t0t\downarrow0,

Q(ψ1,ψ2,D)(t)n=0tnβnM+j=0t(1+jα1α2)/2βjM.Q(\psi_1,\psi_2,D)(t)\sim\sum_{n=0}^\infty t^{n}\beta_n^M+\sum_{j=0}^\infty t^{(1+j-\alpha_1-\alpha_2)/2}\beta_j^{\partial M}.

Here the βnM\beta_n^M are regularized integrals of local invariants over MM, and the βjM\beta_j^{\partial M} are integrals of local invariants over M\partial M. This describes the expected structure of the short-time heat-content expansion for singular initial temperature and specific heat; the source provides no resolution status beyond stating the result, so it is treated as open here.

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M. van den Berg and P. Gilkey, “Heat content asymptotics with singular data”, arXiv:1201.4350 (2012).

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