Off-diagonal upper heat kernel bounds on graphs with unbounded geometry (2502.20239v1)

Abstract: Results regarding off-diagonal Gaussian upper heat kernel bounds on discrete weighted graphs with possibly unbounded geometry are summarized and related. After reviewing uniform upper heat kernel bounds obtained by Carlen, Kusuoka, and Stroock, the universal Gaussian term on graphs found by Davies is addressed and related to corresponding results in terms of intrinsic metrics. Then we present a version of Grigor'yan's two-point method with Gaussian term involving an intrinsic metric. A discussion of upper heat kernel bounds for graph Laplacians with possibly unbounded but integrable weights on bounded combinatorial graphs preceeds the presentation of compatible bounds for anti-trees, an example of combinatorial graph with unbounded Laplacian. Characterizations of localized heat kernel bounds in terms of intrinsic metrics and universal Gaussian are reconsidered. Finally, the problem of optimality of the Gaussian term is discussed by relating Davies' optimal metric with the supremum over all intrinsic metrics.