TY - INPR A1 - Bär, Christian T1 - Some properties of solutions to weakly hypoelliptic equations N2 - A linear differential operator L is called weakly hypoelliptic if any local solution u of Lu = 0 is smooth. We allow for systems, i.e. the coefficients may be matrices, not necessarily of square size. This is a huge class of important operators which covers all elliptic, overdetermined elliptic, subelliptic and parabolic equations. We extend several classical theorems from complex analysis to solutions of any weakly hypoelliptic equation: the Montel theorem providing convergent subsequences, the Vitali theorem ensuring convergence of a given sequence, and Riemann's first removable singularity theorem. In the case of constant coefficients we show that Liouville's theorem holds, any bounded solution must be constant and any L^p solution must vanish. T3 - Preprints des Instituts für Mathematik der Universität Potsdam - 1(2012)22 KW - Hypoelliptic operators KW - hypoelliptic estimate KW - Montel theorem KW - Vitali theorem KW - Liouville theorem Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-60064 ER - TY - INPR A1 - Bär, Christian T1 - Renormalized integrals and a path integral formula for the heat kernel on a manifold N2 - We introduce renormalized integrals which generalize conventional measure theoretic integrals. One approximates the integration domain by measure spaces and defines the integral as the limit of integrals over the approximating spaces. This concept is implicitly present in many mathematical contexts such as Cauchy's principal value, the determinant of operators on a Hilbert space and the Fourier transform of an L^p function. We use renormalized integrals to define a path integral on manifolds by approximation via geodesic polygons. The main part of the paper is dedicated to the proof of a path integral formula for the heat kernel of any self-adjoint generalized Laplace operator acting on sections of a vector bundle over a compact Riemannian manifold. T3 - Preprints des Instituts für Mathematik der Universität Potsdam - 1(2012)21 KW - Renormalized integral KW - path integral KW - Feynman-Kac formula KW - generalized Laplace operator KW - Riemannian manifold Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-60052 ER - TY - INPR A1 - Bär, Christian A1 - Ballmann, Werner T1 - Boundary value problems for elliptic differential operators of first order N2 - We study boundary value problems for linear elliptic differential operators of order one. The underlying manifold may be noncompact, but the boundary is assumed to be compact. We require a symmetry property of the principal symbol of the operator along the boundary. This is satisfied by Dirac type operators, for instance. We provide a selfcontained introduction to (nonlocal) elliptic boundary conditions, boundary regularity of solutions, and index theory. In particular, we simplify and generalize the traditional theory of elliptic boundary value problems for Dirac type operators. We also prove a related decomposition theorem, a general version of Gromov and Lawson's relative index theorem and a generalization of the cobordism theorem. T3 - Preprints des Instituts für Mathematik der Universität Potsdam - 1(2012)18 KW - Elliptic operators KW - elliptic boundary conditions KW - completeness KW - coercivity KW - boundary regularity Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-60023 ER - TY - INPR A1 - Bär, Christian A1 - Pfäffle, Frank T1 - Wiener measures on Riemannian manifolds and the Feynman-Kac formula N2 - This is an introduction to Wiener measure and the Feynman-Kac formula on general Riemannian manifolds for Riemannian geometers with little or no background in stochastics. We explain the construction of Wiener measure based on the heat kernel in full detail and we prove the Feynman-Kac formula for Schrödinger operators with bounded potentials. We also consider normal Riemannian coverings and show that projecting and lifting of paths are inverse operations which respect the Wiener measure. T3 - Preprints des Instituts für Mathematik der Universität Potsdam - 1(2012)17 KW - Wiener measure KW - conditional Wiener measure KW - Brownian motion KW - Brownian bridge KW - Riemannian manifold Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-59998 ER - TY - INPR A1 - Bär, Christian A1 - Ginoux, Nicolas T1 - Classical and quantum fields on Lorentzian manifolds N2 - We construct bosonic and fermionic locally covariant quantum fields theories on curved backgrounds for large classes of fields. We investigate the quantum field and n-point functions induced by suitable states. T3 - Preprints des Instituts für Mathematik der Universität Potsdam - 1(2012)15 KW - Wave operator KW - Dirac-type operator KW - globally hyperbolic spacetime KW - Green's operator KW - CCR-algebra Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-59973 ER -