The heat orbit of an L² datum against the backward heat operator #
Writing the heat orbit as ∫ Γ(x - y, t) f(y) dy and exchanging the order of
integration, its pairing with -∂ₜφ - Δφ for a smooth compactly supported
φ living in positive times becomes ∫ f(y) φ(y, 0) dy, because the causal
heat kernel is a fundamental solution of the heat operator
(heatKernelPlus_backward_heat_pairing). Since φ vanishes at time zero,
the pairing is zero. This is the core of the weak heat equation for the heat
orbit in prop:pv-local-solution.
A space-time function with compact support has compactly supported time slices.
The backward heat operator -∂ₜφ - Δφ of a space-time function, written
with directional derivatives on Vec3 × ℝ.
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The backward heat operator of a function vanishes outside its support.
The backward heat operator of a smooth function is continuous.
The absolute convolution integral of two L² functions is bounded by the
product of their L² norms.
The Gaussian convolution with the kernel evaluated at x - y.
The heat orbit of an L² datum is annihilated by the backward heat
operator of every smooth compactly supported function supported in positive
times.