Modified Action and Differential Operators on the 3-d Sub-riemannian Sphere∗
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چکیده
Our main aim is to present a geometrically meaningful formula for the fundamental solutions to a second order sub-elliptic differential equation and to the heat equation associated with a sub-elliptic operator in the sub-Riemannian geometry on the unit sphere S. Our method is based on the Hamiltonian-Jacobi approach, where the corresponding Hamitonian system is solved with mixed boundary conditions. A closed form of the modified action is given. It is a sub-Riemannian invariant and plays the role of a distance on S.
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