# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

March  2007, 2(1): 55-79. doi: 10.3934/nhm.2007.2.55

## Gaussian estimates for a heat equation on a network

 1 Abteilung Angewandte Analysis der Universität, Helmholtzstraße 18, D-89081, Ulm, Germany

Received  February 2006 Revised  December 2006 Published  December 2006

We consider a diffusion problem on a network on whose nodes we impose Dirichlet and generalized, non-local Kirchhoff-type conditions. We prove well-posedness of the associated initial value problem, and we exploit the theory of sub-Markovian and ultracontractive semigroups in order to obtain upper Gaussian estimates for the integral kernel. We conclude that the same diffusion problem is governed by an analytic semigroup acting on all $L^p$-type spaces as well as on suitable spaces of continuous functions. Stability and spectral issues are also discussed. As an application we discuss a system of semilinear equations on a network related to potential transmission problems arising in neurobiology.
Citation: Delio Mugnolo. Gaussian estimates for a heat equation on a network. Networks & Heterogeneous Media, 2007, 2 (1) : 55-79. doi: 10.3934/nhm.2007.2.55
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