Li-Yau inequality and related properties on metric star graphs
Abstract
We prove a Li-Yau gradient estimate for positive solutions to the heat equation defined on a metric star graph given by the heat kernel formula. As consequence, we derive a Harnack estimate and a Liouville property for bounded harmonic functions. The argument exploits an explicit representation formula for the heat kernel on .
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