Asymptotic behaviour for the Heat Equation in Hyperbolic Space

Abstract

Following the classical result of long-time asymptotic convergence towards the Gaussian kernel that holds true for integrable solutions of the Heat Equation posed in the Euclidean Space $\mathbb{R}^n$, we examine the question of long-time behaviour of the Heat Equation in the Hyperbolic Space $\mathbb{H}^n$, $n>1$, also for integrable solutions. We show that the typical convergence proof towards the fundamental solution works in the class of radially symmetric solutions. We also prove the more precise result that says that this limit behaviour is exactly described by the 1D Euclidean kernel, but only after correction of a remarkable outward drift with constant speed produced by the geometry. Finally, we find that such fine convergence results are false for general nonnegative solutions with integrable initial data.