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Robert Meyers

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arXiv2002

Diffusions on Graphs, Poisson Problems and Spectral Geometry

We study diffusions, variational principles and associated boundary value problems on directed graphs with natural weightings. Using random walks and exit times, we associate to certain subgraphs (domains) a pair of sequences, each of which is invariant under the action of the automorphism group of the underlying graph. We prove that these invariants differ by an explicit combinatorial factor given by Stirling numbers of the first and second kind. We prove that for any domain with a natural weighting, these invariants determine the eigenvalues of the Laplace operator corresponding to eigenvectors with nonzero mean. As a specific example, we investigate the relationship between our invariants and heat content asymptotics, expressing both as special values of a Dirichlet series.

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arXiv2002

Dirichlet Spectrum and Heat Content

Let $M$ be a complete Riemannian manifold and $D\subset M$ a smoothly bounded domain with compact closure. We use Brownian motion and the classic results on the Stieltjes moment problem to study the relationship between the Dirichlet spectrum of $D$ and the heat content asymptotics of $D.$ Central to our investigation is a sequence of invariants associated to $D$ defined using exit time moments. We prove that our invariants determine that part of the spectrum corresponding to eigenspaces which are not orthogonal to constant functions, that our invariants determine the heat content asymptotics associated to the manifold, and that when the manifold is a generic domain in Euclidean space, the invariants determine the Dirichlet spectrum.

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