Abstract
We prove a geometrically meaningful stochastic representation of the derivative of the heat semigroup on sub-Riemannian manifolds with tranverse symmetries. This representation is obtained from the study of Bochner–Weitzenböck type formulas for sub-Laplacians on 1-forms. As a consequence, we prove new hypoelliptic heat semigroup gradient bounds under natural global geometric conditions. The results are new even in the case of the Heisenberg group which is the simplest example of a sub-Riemannian manifold with transverse symmetries.
Citation
Fabrice Baudoin. "Stochastic analysis on sub-Riemannian manifolds with transverse symmetries." Ann. Probab. 45 (1) 56 - 81, January 2017. https://doi.org/10.1214/14-AOP964
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