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# Heat equations and the Weighted $\bar\partial$-problem

• The purpose of this article is to establish regularity and pointwise upper bounds for the (relative) fundamental solution of the heat equation associated to the weighted $\bar\partial$-operator in $L^2(C^n)$ for a certain class of weights. The weights depend on a parameter, and we find pointwise bounds for heat kernel, as well as its derivatives in time, space, and the parameter. We also prove cancellation conditions for the heat semigroup. We reduce the $n$-dimensional case to the one-dimensional case, and the estimates in one-dimensional case are achieved by Duhamel's principle and commutator properties of the operators. As an application, we recover estimates of the □$_b$-heat kernel on polynomial models in $C^2$.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 32W30; Secondary: 32W05, 35K15.

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