discussion:lecture12

Discussion on Lecture 12

Discussion on Lecture 12

Anna Muranova, 2023/01/30 19:22

Dear lecturers,

thank you for the lecture!

Dear all,

I am confused about equivalence of (i) and (i.a) in Theorem 10.19. I don't see how it follows from Theorem 10.11. Shouldn't one use a Laplace transform instead?

Best, Anna

Christian Seifert, 2023/01/31 12:51

Dear Anna,

Many thanks; this is indeed a mistake. The equivalence follows from the Laplace transform.

Best, Christian

Sascha Trostorff, 2023/02/02 10:25

Dear Christian,

I am still confused. I agree that you can use Laplace transform for the implication (i) (ia) with the for all statements, but I do not see how to come back. I thought, one needs some exponential formula, which we not have at hand, or do I overlook something?

Best regards Sascha

Marcel Schmidt, 2023/02/02 11:04

Dear Sasha,

first of all the formula in Theorem 10.19 (i.a) is not correct. It should read α(L+α)11=1.

As discussed in the lecture (Theorem~10.9) the following formula holds for all α>0 and all xX:

(L+α)11(x)=0etαetL1(x)dt

This shows two things:

- If etL1(x)=1 for all t>0, then (L+α)11(x)=1/α.

- If esL1(x)<1 for some s>0, then by continuity this holds on a whole neighborhood of s. Hence, we obtain

0etαetL1(x)dt<0etαdt=1/α.

Best, Marcel

Sascha Trostorff, 2023/02/03 09:36

Dear Marcel,

thanks a lot. I simply overlooked the pointwise continuity of the semigroup.

Best regards

Sascha

Ines Joel Tatang Demano, 2023/01/30 12:08

Good morning and thanks for the lecture on Stochastic complete graph with link to solution of Heat equation. Please, in practice, what represent the function Af(t) of the lemma 10.18 ?

Christian Seifert, 2023/01/30 16:44

Dear Ines,

The quantity Af(t) describes the heat content of the solution of the heat equation with initial condition f at time t. Think of f as being positive. Then f describes the heat density at time t=0, and the solution ut=etLf of the heat equation the heat density at time t. Now, we take the sum (or put differently the 1-norm as our densities are positive) which gives Af(t), the total amount of heat at time t.

Best, Christian

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