We prove that a two sided sub-Gaussian estimate of the heat kernel on an infinite weighted graph takes place if and only if the volume growth of the graph is uniformly polynomial and the Green kernel admits a uniform polynomial decay.

We show that a fi-parabolic Harnack inequality for random walks on graphs is equivalent, on one hand, to so called fi-Gaussian estimates for the transition probability and, on the other hand, to the conjunction of the elliptic Harnack inequality, the doubling volume property, and the fact that the mean exit time in any ball of radius R is of the order R . The latter condition can be replaced by a certain estimate of a resistance of annuli.

We show that, if a certain Sobolev inequality holds, then a scale-invariant elliptic Harnack inequality suces to imply its a priori stronger parabolic counterpart. Neither the relative Sobolev inequality nor the elliptic Harnack inequality alone suces to imply the parabolic Harnack inequality in question; both are necessary conditions. As an application, we show the equivalence between parabolic Harnack inequality for on M , (i.e., for @ t + ) and elliptic Harnack inequality for @ 2 t + on R M . 1

this paper is to demonstrate in a rather general setup how isoperimetric inequalities and lower bounds of the eigenvalues of the Laplacian can be derived from existence of a distance function with controllable Laplacian. For x 2 # let us denote ae(x)=jxj =( P i x i ) . It is obvious that wehave the following two relations ) = 2n# (1.1) jraej = 1# x 6=0: (1.2) By integrating (1.1) over the ball B(r)ofradiusr centered at the origin, weobtain 2nVol(B(r)) = ) dVol(x)= @B(r) 2ae @ dA=2rA(@B(r)) where wehave used the fact that on the boundary @ = jraej = 1. Therefore, we have the following identity for the volume function V (r):=Vol(B(r)) V (r)= r (r): (1.3) Of course, the relation (1.3) of the volume and the boundary area of the Euclidean ball is well known from the elementary geometry.However, (1.1)-(1.2) can also be used in a rather sophisticated waytoprove the following isoperimetric inequality between the volume and the boundary area of any bounded (assume for simplicity that the boundary is smooth) A(@ cVol : (1.4) The constant c obtained in this way, is not the sharp one. As is well-known, the exact constant c in (1.4) is one for which both sides of (1.4) coincide for\Omega being a ball

We give upper estimates on the long time behaviour of the heat kernel on a non-compact Riemannian manifold and infinite graphs, which only depend on a lower bound of the volume growth. We also show that these estimates are optimal.

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ABSTRACT. We consider the nearest-neighbor simple random walk on Z d, d ≥ 2, driven by a field of bounded random conductances ωxy ∈ [0, 1]. The conductance law is i.i.d. subject to the condition that the probability of ωxy> 0 exceeds the threshold for bond percolation on Z d. For environments in which the origin is connected to infinity by bonds with positive conductances, we study the decay of the 2n-step return probability P 2n ω (0,0). We prove that P 2n ω (0,0) is bounded by a random constant times n −d/2 in d = 2,3, while it is o(n −2) in d ≥ 5 and O(n −2 log n) in d = 4. By producing examples with anomalous heat-kernel decay approaching 1/n 2 we prove that the o(n −2) bound in d ≥ 5 is the best possible. We also construct natural n-dependent environments that exhibit the extra log n factor in d = 4. 1.

Abstract. Let M be a smooth Riemannian manifold which is the union of a compact part and a finite number of Euclidean ends, R n \ B(0, R) for some R> 0, each of which carries the standard metric. Our main result is that the Riesz transform on M is bounded from L p (M) → L p (M; T ∗ M) for 1 < p < n and unbounded for p ≥ n if there is more than one end. It follows from known results that in such a case the Riesz transform on M is bounded for 1 < p ≤ 2 and unbounded for p> n; the result is new for 2 < p ≤ n. We also give some heat kernel estimates on such manifolds. We then consider the implications of boundedness of the Riesz transform in L p for some p> 2 for a more general class of manifolds. Assume that M is a n-dimensional complete manifold satisfying the Nash inequality and with an O(r n) upper bound on the volume growth of geodesic balls. We show that boundedness of the Riesz transform on L p for some p> 2 implies a Hodge-de Rham interpretation of the L p cohomology in degree 1, and that the map from L 2 to L p cohomology in this degree is injective. 1.

Abstract. In this paper, we prove the existence of Hermitian-Einstein metrics for holomorphic vector bundles on a class of complete Kähler manifolds which include Hermitian symmetric spaces of noncompact type without Euclidean factor, strictly pseudoconvex domains with Bergman metrics and the universal cover of Gromov hyperbolic manifolds etc. We also solve the Dirichlet problem at infinity for the Hermitian-Einstein equations on holomorphic vector bundles over strictly pseudoconvex domains. 1.

A nonnegative number d∞, called asymptotic dimension, is associated with any metric space. Such number detects the asymptotic properties of the space (being zero on bounded metric spaces), fulfills the properties of a dimension, and is invariant under rough isometries. It is then shown that for a class of open manifolds with bounded geometry the asymptotic dimension coincides with the 0-th Novikov-Shubin number α0 defined in a previous paper [D. Guido, T. Isola, J. Funct. Analysis, 176 (2000)]. Thus the dimensional interpretation of α0 given in the mentioned paper in the framework of noncommutative geometry is established on metrics grounds. Since the asymptotic dimension of a covering manifold coincides with the polynomial growth of its covering group, the stated equality generalises to open manifolds a result by Varopoulos. 0. Introduction.