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Curvature, geodesics and the Brownian motion on a Riemannian manifold I—Recurrence properties

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2016

Kanji Ichihara*
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Department of Applied Science, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Department of Mathematics, Faculty of General Education, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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Let M be an n-dimensional, complete, connected and locally compact Riemannian manifold and g be its metric. Denote by ΔM the Laplacian on M.

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Copyright © Editorial Board of Nagoya Mathematical Journal 1982

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