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Let u be a positive solution of the ultraparabolic equation
where 1 ≤ k ≤ n and 0 < T ≤ + ∞. Assume that u and its derivatives (w.r.t. the space variables) up to the second order are bounded on any compact subinterval of (0, T). Then the difference H(log u) − H (log f) of the Hessian matrices of log u and of log f (both w.r.t. the space variables) is non-negatively definite, where f is the fundamental solution of the above equation with pole at the origin (0, 0). The estimate in the case n = k = 1 is due to Hamilton. As a corollary we get that \(\Delta l+\frac {n+3k}{2t}+\frac {6k}{t^{3}}\geq 0\), where l = log u, and \(\Delta =\sum _{i=1}^{n+k} \partial _{x_{i}}^{2} \).
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Huang, H. A Matrix Differential Harnack Estimate for a Class of Ultraparabolic Equations. Potential Anal 41, 771–782 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11118-014-9393-x
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