Diffusion Theory of Hyperbolic Groups

Abstract

This paper outlines a method where a brachistochrone is developed for the hyperbolic plane. This technique is then used to calculate the Fubini-Study metric and consequent Laplacian operator. We discuss the various systems of eigenfunctions on the Poincare disk, including Mehler-Fock, Macdonald and Whittaker functions. The relationship between these systems of differential equations is exploited using an Laplace transform method on the hyperbolic plane, which allows us to transform the solutions to the Helmholz equation from one space to another. Discussion of further applications of this technique is given with particular reference to diffusion systems on alternate forms of hyperbolic and projective geometry.