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

Let \Gamma = (G; E) be an infinite weighted graph which is Ahlfors ff-regular, so that there exists a constant c such that c , where V (x; r) is the volume of the ball centre x and radius r. Define the escape time T (x; r) to be the mean exit time of a simple random walk on \Gamma starting at x from the ball centre x and radius r. We say \Gamma has escape time exponent fi ? 0 if there exists a constant c such that c T (x; r) cr for r 1. Well known estimates for random walks on graphs imply that ff 1 and 2 fi 1 + ff.

Abstract. Let G be the incipient infinite cluster (IIC) for percolation on a homogeneous tree of degree n0 + 1. We obtain estimates for the transition density of the the continuous time simple random walk Y on G; the process satisfies anomalous diffusion and has spectral dimension 4

Abstract. We consider a metric measure space (M, d,µ) andaheat kernel pt(x, y) on M satisfying certain upper and lower estimates, which depend on two parameters α and β. We show that under additional mild assumptions, these parameters are determined by the intrinsic properties of the space (M, d, µ). Namely, α is the Hausdorff dimension of this space, whereas β, called the walk dimension, is determined via the properties of the family of Besov spaces W σ,2 on M. Moreover, the parameters α and β are related by the inequalities 2 ≤ β ≤ α +1. We prove also the embedding theorems for the space W β/2,2, and use them to obtain the existence results for weak solutions to semilinear elliptic equations on M of the form −Lu + f(x, u) =g(x), where L is the generator of the semigroup associated with pt. The framework in this paper is applicable for a large class of fractal domains, including the generalized Sierpiński carpet in Rn. 1.

In this paper, we consider the following type of non-local (pseudo-differential) operators L on R d: Lu(x) = 1 2 d� i,j=1 ∂xi

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Abstract. We define sets with finitely ramified cell structure, which are generalizations of p.c.f. self-similar sets introduced by Kigami and of fractafolds introduced by Strichartz. In general, we do not assume even local self-similarity, and allow countably many cells connected at each junction point. In particular, we consider post-critically infinite fractals. We prove that if Kigami’s resistance form satisfies certain assumptions, then there exists a weak Riemannian metric such that the energy can be expressed as the integral of the norm squared of a weak gradient with respect to an energy measure. Furthermore, we prove that if such a set can be homeomorphically represented in harmonic coordinates, then for smooth functions the weak gradient can be replaced by the usual gradient. We also prove a simple formula for the energy measure Laplacian in harmonic coordinates. Contents

We give a su#cient condition to construct non-trivial -symmetric di#usion processes on a locally compact metric measure space (M, #, ). These processes are associated with local regular Dirichlet forms which are obtained as continuous parts of #-limits for approximating non-local Dirichlet forms. For various fractals, we can use existing estimates to verify our assumptions. This shows that our general method of constructing di#usions can be applied to these fractals.

We present graphs that satisfy the uniform elliptic Harnack inequality, for harmonic functions, but not the stronger parabolic one, for solutions of the discrete heat equation. It is known from [9] that the parabolic Harnack inequality is equivalent to the conjunction of a volume regularity and a L 2 Poincaré inequality. The first example of graph satisfying the elliptic but not the parabolic Harnack inequality is due to M. Barlow and R. Bass, see [2]. It satisfies the volume regularity and not the Poincaré inequality. We construct another example that does not satisfy the volume regularity.

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