$L^p$-asymptotic behaviour of solutions of the heat equation on Riemannian symmetric spaces of noncompact type

Abstract

For Riemannian symmetric spaces $X=G/K$ of noncompact type, we show that for all left $K$-invariant $f\in L^1(X)$, the functions $\|h_t\|_{L^p(X)}^{-1}(f\ast h_t-M_p(f)h_t)$ (with $h_t$ being the heat kernel of $X$) converges to zero in $L^p(X)$, $p\in [1,\infty]$, as $t\to\infty$, with the constant $M_p(f)$ depending only on $p$ and $f$. We also prove an analogous result for the fractional heat kernels $h_t^{\alpha}$, $\alpha\in (0,1)$. The above results have recently been proved for the important special cases $p=1$ and $\alpha= 1,\frac 12$.