@article {IOPORT.05492140, author = {Abatangelo, Vito and Dragomir, Sorin}, title = {Discrete heat equation morphism.}, year = {2008}, journal = {Interdisciplinary Information Sciences (IIS)}, volume = {14}, number = {2}, issn = {1340-9050}, pages = {225-244}, publisher = {Tohoku University, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Sendai}, doi = {10.4036/iis.2008.225}, abstract = {Summary: We study heat kernels of locally finite graphs and discrete heat equation morphisms. These are combinatorial analogs to heat equation morphisms in Riemannian geometry [cf. {\it E. Loubeau}, Ann. Global Anal. Geom. 15, No.~6, 487--496 (1997; Zbl 0910.58009)], parallel closely the discrete harmonic morphisms due to {\it H. Urakawa} [Glasg. Math. J. 42, No.~3, 319--334 (2000; Zbl 1002.05049)], and their properties are related to the initial value problem for the discrete heat equation. In applications we consider Hamming graphs (using the discrete Fourier calculus on $\Bbb Z_2^N$), establish a heat kernel comparison theorem, and study the maps of $\varepsilon$-nets induced by heat equation morphisms among two complete Riemannian manifolds.}, identifier = {05492140}, }