Compactness and Density Estimates for Weighted Fractional Heat Semigroups

Abstract

We prove that the operator $L_0=-(1+|x|{)}^{\beta }(-\Delta {)}^{\alpha /2}$ with $\alpha \in (0,2)$, $d>\alpha$ and $\beta \ge 0$ generates a compact semigroup or resolvent on $L^2({\mathbb{R}}^d;(1+|x|{)}^{-\beta }dx)$, if and only if $\beta >\alpha$. When $\beta >\alpha$, we obtain two-sided asymptotic estimates for high order eigenvalues, and sharp bounds for the corresponding heat kernel.

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