Hölder continuity and bounds for fundamental solutions to non-divergence form parabolic equations

Seiichiro Kusuoka

Published 2013-10-17, updated 2014-09-30Version 3

We consider the non-degenerate second-order parabolic partial differential equations of non-divergence form with bounded measurable coefficients (not necessary continuous). Under some assumptions it is known that the fundamental solution to the equations exists uniquely, has the Gaussian bounds and is locally H\"older continuous. In the present paper, we concern the Gaussian bounds and the lower bound of the index of the H\"older continuity with respect to the initial point. We use the pinned diffusion processes for the probabilistic representation of the fundamental solutions and apply the coupling method to obtain the regularity of them. Under some assumptions weaker than the H\"older continuity of the coefficients, we obtain the Gaussian bounds and the $(1-\varepsilon)$-H\"older continuity of the fundamental solution in the initial point.