Commutator Criteria for Magnetic Pseudodifferential Operators

The gauge covariant magnetic Weyl calculus has been introduced and studied in previous works. We prove criteria in terms of commutators for operators to be magnetic pseudodifferential operators of suitable symbol classes; neither the statements nor the proofs depend on a choice of a vector potential. We apply this criteria to inversion problems, functional calculus, affiliation results and to the study of the evolution group generated by a magnetic pseudodifferential operator.     

Time-Frequency Analysis of Pseudodifferential Operators

 In this paper we apply a time-frequency approach to the study of pseudodifferential operators. Both the Weyl and the Kohn–Nirenberg correspondences are considered. In order to quantify the time-frequency content of a function or distribution, we use certain function spaces called modulation spaces. We deduce a time-frequency characterization of the twisted product of two symbols σ and τ, and we show that modulation spaces provide the natural setting to exactly control the time-frequency content of from the time-frequency content of σ and τ. As a consequence, we discuss some boundedness and spectral properties of the corresponding operator with symbol .     

On the Local Structure of Generalized Elliptic Pseudodifferential Operators and the Gauss Method

In this paper, we study the class of operators whose dominant parts admit elliptic factorizations in a conic domain U from T'(X), i.e., they can be represented as the composition of diagonal operators and operators of zero order, elliptic in U. We denote this class by ELF ^°(U). It arises in the process of microlocalization of the notion of generalized ellipticity. We analyze the problem concerning the simplest factorization of the dominant part of the operator BAC, where A EFL ^°(U) and the operators B and C are chosen from the class EL ^°(U_q)(elliptic operators in a neighborhood U _q of the point q U). For A from the subclass denoted by BEL ^°(U), the dominant part BAC can be reduced to a single diagonal operator. In general, for operators from the class EFL ^°(U) such a representation may not exist. However, there always exists a representation whose dominant part BAC is composed of a finite number of diagonal operators, permutation matrices, and lower triangular matrices having units on the main diagonal. We prove this fact by using an analog of the Gauss method, which we introduce for the algebra of pseudodifferential operators. Bibliography: 5 titles.     

Fredholm Properties of Band-dominated Operators on Periodic Discrete Structures

Let (X, ~) be a combinatorial graph the vertex set X of which is a discrete metric space. We suppose that a discrete group G acts freely on (X, ~) and that the fundamental domain with respect to the action of G contains only a finite set of points. A graph with these properties is called periodic with respect to the group G. We examine the Fredholm property and the essential spectrum of band-dominated operators acting on the spaces l ^p (X) or c_0(X), where (X, ~) is a periodic graph. Our approach is based on the thorough use of band-dominated operators. It generalizes the necessary and sufficient results obtained in [39] in the special case and in [42] in case X = G is a general finitely generated discrete group. Submitted: May 21, 2007. Revised: September 25, 2007. Accepted: November 5, 2007.     

Characterization of Non-Smooth Pseudodifferential Operators

Smooth pseudodifferential operators on \(\mathbb {R}^{n}\) can be characterized by their mapping properties between \(L^p-\)Sobolev spaces due to Beals and Ueberberg. In applications such a characterization would also be useful in the non-smooth case, for example to show the regularity of solutions of a partial differential equation. Therefore, we will show that every linear operator P, which satisfies some specific continuity assumptions, is a non-smooth pseudodifferential operator of the symbol-class \(C^{\tau } S^m_{1,0}(\mathbb {R}^n \times \mathbb {R}^n)\). The main new difficulties are the limited mapping properties of pseudodifferential operators with non-smooth symbols.     

Time-Frequency Analysis of Pseudodifferential Operators

 In this paper we apply a time-frequency approach to the study of pseudodifferential operators. Both the Weyl and the Kohn–Nirenberg correspondences are considered. In order to quantify the time-frequency content of a function or distribution, we use certain function spaces called modulation spaces. We deduce a time-frequency characterization of the twisted product of two symbols σ and τ, and we show that modulation spaces provide the natural setting to exactly control the time-frequency content of from the time-frequency content of σ and τ. As a consequence, we discuss some boundedness and spectral properties of the corresponding operator with symbol . (Received 27 December 1999; in final form 9 November 2000)     

Pseudodifferential Operators with Rough Symbols

In this work, we develop L ^p boundedness theory for pseudodifferential operators with rough (not even continuous in general) symbols in the x variable. Moreover, the B(L ^p ) operator norms are estimated explicitly in terms of scale invariant quantities involving the symbols. All the estimates are shown to be sharp with respect to the required smoothness in the ξ variable. As a corollary, we obtain L ^p bounds for (smoothed out versions of) the maximal directional Hilbert transform and the Carleson operator.     

On Some Degenerate Pseudodifferential Operators

Doklady Mathematics - A new class of degenerate pseudodifferential operators with a variable symbol depending on a complex parameter is investigated. Pseudodifferential operators are constructed by...     

Pseudodifferential Operators on Periodic Graphs

The main aim of the paper is Fredholm properties of a class of bounded linear operators acting on weighted Lebesgue spaces on an infinite metric graph Γ which is periodic with respect to the action of the group \mathbb Zⁿ{{\mathbb {Z}}^n} . The operators under consideration are distinguished by their local behavior: they act as (Fourier) pseudodifferential operators in the class OPS ⁰ on every open edge of the graph, and they can be represented as a matrix Mellin pseudodifferential operator on a neighborhood of every vertex of Γ. We apply these results to study the Fredholm property of a class of singular integral operators and of certain locally compact operators on graphs.     

Pseudodifferential Operators Associated with a Semigroup of Operators

Related to a semigroup of operators on a metric measure space, we define and study pseudodifferential operators (including the setting of Riemannian manifolds, fractals, graphs etc.). Boundedness on L ^p for pseudodifferential operators of order 0 is proved. We mainly focus on symbols belonging to the class $S^{0}_{1,\delta}$ for δ∈[0,1). For the limit class $S^{0}_{1,1}$ , we describe some results by restricting our attention to the case of a sub-Laplacian operator on a Riemannian manifold.     

Index Formulae for Pseudodifferential Operators with Discontinuous Symbols

A class of zero order pseudodifferential operators on a closed manifold is considered, with symbols admitting a first kind discontinuity at a codimension one submanifold. A condition is found for such operators to be Fredholm. The formula for the index of such operators is derived, expressed in the topological terms. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Fredholm Operators and Riesz Theory for Polynomially Compact Operators

In this article, we give a characterization of a class of bounded Fredholm operators on a Banach space which is developed to present some general existence results of the operators equation of the second kind. The obtained results are used to describe the Riesz–Schauder theory of compact operators in the more general setting of polynomially compact operators.     

Eigenvalue Problems for Fredholm Integral Operators

The calculation of an approximation to the eigenelements ofa Fredholm integral operator can be reduced, using the Nyströmmethod, to the solution of an algebraic eigenvalue problem.To reduce the size of the system of equations to be solved,we propose two iterative variants. In the case of a self-adjointoperator, a special integration rule can be used to regularizethe system of equations. In this case, orthogonality relationscan be introduced for close or multiple eigenvalues.     

Thermodynamic Limits for Hamiltonians Defined as Pseudodifferential Operators

Abstract

If P(h) is a h-pseudodifferential operator in R ⁿ associated to an holomorphic semi-bounded symbol in some neighborhood of the real phase space, with bounded derivatives, we describe the symbol of e ^?tP(h), by inequalities where the constants depend on the bounds for the derivatives of the symbol of P(h), but not on the dimension n. Some applications to thermodynamic limits (free energy) are given.     

Lp-Bounded Pseudodifferential Operators and Regularity for Multi-quasi-elliptic Equations

Using a classical result of Marcinkiewicz and Lizorkin about the L^p-continuity for Fourier multipliers, the authors study the action of a class of pseudodifferential operators with weighted smooth symbol on a family of weighted Sobolev spaces. Results about L^p-regularity for multi-quasi-elliptic pseudodifferential operators are also given.     

Pseudodifferential Operators on Prehomogeneous Vector Spaces

ABSTRACT

Let G be a connected, linear algebraic group defined over ?, acting regularly on a finite dimensional vector space V over ? with ?-structure V _?. Assume that V possesses a Zariski-dense orbit, so that (G, ?, V) becomes a prehomogeneous vector space over ?. We consider the left regular representation π of the group of ?-rational points G _? on the Banach space C₀(V _?) of continuous functions on V _? vanishing at infinity, and study the convolution operators π(f), where f is a rapidly decreasing function on the identity component of G _?. Denote the complement of the dense orbit by S, and put S _? = S ∩ V _?. It turns out that, on V _? ? S _?, π(f) is a smooth operator. If S _? = {0}, the restriction of the Schwartz kernel of π(f) to the diagonal defines a homogeneous distribution on V _? ? {0}. Its nonunique extension to V _? can then be regarded as a trace of π(f). If G is reductive, and S and S _? are irreducible hypersurfaces, π(f) corresponds, on each connected component of V _? ? S _?, to a totally characteristic pseudodifferential operator. In this case, the restriction of the Schwartz kernel of π(f) to the diagonal defines a distribution on V _? ? S _? given by some power |p(m)| ^s of a relative invariant p(m) of (G, ?, V) and, as a consequence of the Fundamental Theorem of Prehomogeneous Vector Spaces, its extension to V _?, and the complex s-plane, satisfies functional equations similar to those for local zeta functions. A trace of π(f) can then be defined by subtracting the singular contributions of the poles of the meromorphic extension.     

Fredholm and Propernes Properties of Quasilinear Elliptic Operators on RN

We discuss the Fredholm and properness properties of second-order quasilinear elliptic operators viewed as mappings from W^2,p( R ^N) to L^p( R ^N) with N < p < ∞. The unboundedness of the domain makes the standard Sobolev embedding theorems inadequate to investigate such issues. Instead, we develop several new tools and methods to obtain fairly simple necessary and suffcient conditions for such operators to be Fredholm with a given index and to be proper on the closed bounded subsets of W^2,p( R ^N). It is noteworthy that the translation invariance of the domain, well-known to be responsible for the lack of compactness in the Sobolev embedding theorems, is taken advantage of to establish results in the opposite direction and is indeed crucial to the proof of the properness criteria. The limitation to second-order and scalar equations chosen in our exposition is relatively unimportant, as none of the arguments involved here relies upon either of these assumptions. Generalizations to higher order equations or to systems are thus clearly possible with a variableamount of extra work. Various applications, notably but not limited, to global bifurcation problems, are described elsewhere.