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Lemma: Heat kernel and compact-test covariance
Prescribed geometry, bundle, and spectral state › Massless infrared finiteness · lines 283–343 · proof included or linked
I-B-VP-0@1#lem:IR, I-B-VP-0@1#eq:heat, I-B-VP-0@1#eq:heatbound
The spatial Friedrichs heat kernel, relative to , is
On every compact regular spatial set ,
Every compact smooth spatial section belongs to , continuously in the fixed-support test topology.
Proof. The radial Friedrichs transform uses . Weber's integral
gives (eq:heat) after the angular normalization and longitudinal heat kernel are included Watson,CheungIBG. For bounded and , the Bessel power series gives
The orders grow linearly in , so their sum is bounded by a constant times . This proves (eq:heatbound).
The spectral identity
is finite: on use the contraction bound ; on use (eq:heatbound) and . The large- integrand is . These bounds also prove continuity. There is no zero eigenfunction, since zero form energy would give a parallel section, which cannot be square integrable on .
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