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Use $a^{ij}=g^{ij}$, $r^2=|x{|}^2$, and $E=x\cdot \nabla$. The Gauss lemma from part (a) givesFor the Gaussian $q_t(x)=(4\pi t{)}^{-n/2}{e}^{-r^2/(4t)}$, we have ${\partial }_i{q}_t=-x_i{q}_t/(2t)$. Applying precisely the divergence-form operator in the paper yieldsSince ${\partial }_t{q}_t=(-n/(2t)+r^2/(4t^2))q_t$, the Gaussian itself already satisfies $({\partial }_t+L)q_t=0$.

For completeness, the product rule gives for an arbitrary smooth $G$,Indeed the cross term in $L(q_{t}G)$ is $-2a^{ij}({\partial }_i{q}_t)({\partial }_{j}G)=q_{t}EG/t$. Substituting the formal power series $G={\sum }_{k\ge 0}{t}^k{B}_k$, with $B_0=1$, gives the radial transport equationsAlong a radial segment their unique smooth solution isThe integral is smooth including at the centre, since each derivative adds a nonnegative power of $s$ to the integrable factor $s^{k-1}$. Uniqueness follows because a homogeneous solution $h$ has $d(s^{k}h(sx))/ds=0$; smoothness makes its limit at $s=0$ zero, so $h(x)=0$. This also excludes singular ray-dependent homogeneous solutions.

Here $L1=0$, so the recursion successively gives $\boxed{B_k=0(k\ge 1),G(x,t)=1}$. Thus both existence and uniqueness hold, with no convergence issue because the formal solution is the exact Gaussian. This is the normal-coordinate divergence-form heat parametrix. The positive Laplace-Beltrami operator $-{\rho }^{-1}{\partial }_j(\rho g^{ij}{\partial }_i)$, where $\rho =\sqrt{\det g}$, has an additional first-order term and a different leading amplitude; it is essential to use the operator actually specified here.