Pseudodifferential operators on manifolds with edges

We define pseudodifferential operators on manifolds with singularities of smooth edge type and construct a calculus of such operators. We prove that a pseudodifferential operator is invariant with respect to a certain natural class of diffeomorphisms of the manifold. We introduce a scale of function spaces (weighted analogs of the Sobolev classes) and establish theorems on boundedness of pseudodifferential operators in this scale. Bibliography: 8 titles. Translated fromProblemy Matematicheskogo Analiza, No. 13, 1992, pp. 162–214.     

Bismut superconnections and the Chern character for Dirac operators on foliated manifolds

In this paper, we show how to define a Bismut superconnection for generalized Dirac operators defined along the leaves of a compact foliated manifoldM. Using the heat operator of the curvature of the superconnection, we define a (nonnormalized) Chern character for the Dirac operator, which lies in the Haefliger cohomology of the foliation. Rescaling the metric onM by 1/a and lettinga 0, we obtain the analog of the classical cohomological formula for the index of a family of Dirac operators. In certain special cases, we can also compute the limit asa and show that it is the Chern character of the index bundle given by the kernel of the Dirac operator. Finally, we discuss the relation of our results with the Chern character in cyclic cohomology.     

Pseudodifferential operators with heavy spectrum

We establish Fredholm criteria and index formulas for one-dimensional zero-order pseudodifferential operators with piecewise continuous generating functions onL ^p spaces with Muckenhoupt weights. The Fredholm symbol of such operators is shown to be a matrix function defined on a set which, roughly speaking, is a cylinder with a certain collection of horn shaped handles. The presence of these horns implies that, unlike the case ofL ^p spaces without weight or with so-called power weights, the spectrum may contain heavy parts, i. e. the set of the interior points of the spectrum need not be empty. Our proof makes essential use of recent results by Finck, Roch, Silbermann, Gohberg, and Krupnik on the inverse closedness of certain Banach algebras.Research supported by the Alfried Krupp Förderpreis für junge Hochschullehrer of the Krupp Foundation.     

Pseudodifferential calculus on manifolds with corners and groupoids

We build a longitudinally smooth, differentiable groupoid associated to any manifold with corners. The pseudodifferential calculus on this groupoid coincides with the pseudodifferential calculus of Melrose (also called -calculus). We also define an algebra of rapidly decreasing functions on this groupoid; it contains the kernels of the smoothing operators of the (small) -calculus.

     

Noncommutative Hamiltonian dynamics on foliated manifolds

First, we review the notion of a Poisson structure on a noncommutative algebra due to Block, Getzler and Xu, and we introduce a notion of a Hamiltonian vector field on a noncommutative Poisson algebra. Then we describe a Poisson structure on a noncommutative algebra associated with a transversely symplectic foliation and construct a class of Hamiltonian vector fields associated with this Poisson structure.     

Av-operator on complete foliated Riemannian manifolds

We give a generalization of the result obtained by C. Currás-Bosch. We consider the Av-operator associated to a transverse Killing fieldν on a complete foliated Riemannian manifold (M, ℱ, g). Under a certain assumption, we prove that, for eachx ∈M, (Av) _x belongs to the Lie algebra of the linear holonomy group ψv(x). A special case of our result, the version of the foliation by points, implies the results given by B. Kostant (compact case) and C. Currás-Bosch (non-compact case).     

Pseudodifferential operators on ultra-modulation spaces

The boundedness of pseudodifferential operators on modulation spaces defined by the means of almost exponential weights is studied. The results are applied to symbol class with almost exponential bounds including polynomial and ultra-polynomial symbols. The Weyl correspondence is used and it is noted that the results can be transferred to the operators with appropriate anti-Wick symbols. It is proved that a class of elliptic pseudodifferential operators can be almost diagonalized by the elements of Wilson bases, and estimates for their eigenvalues are given. Furthermore, it is shown that the same can be done by using Gabor frames.     

Pseudodifferential operators with non-regular operator-valued symbols

In this paper, we consider pseudodifferential operators with operator-valued symbols and their mapping properties, without assumptions on the underlying Banach space E. We show that, under suitable parabolicity assumptions, the \({W_p^k(\mathbb{R}^n, E)}\) -realization of the operator generates an analytic semigroup. Our approach is based on oscillatory integrals and kernel estimates for them. An application to non-autonomous pseudodifferential Cauchy problems gives the existence and uniqueness of a classical solution. As an example, we include a discussion of coagulation–fragmentation processes.     

Lie and Courant algebroids on foliated manifolds

This is an exposition of the subject, which was developed in the author’s papers [19, 20]. Various results from the theory of foliations (cohomology, characteristic classes, deformations, etc.) are extended to subalgebroids of Lie algebroids that generalize the tangent integrable distributions. We also suggest a definition of foliated Courant algebroids and give some corresponding results and constructions.     

Hermitian metric rigidity on compact foliated manifolds

We prove a Hermitian metric rigidity theorem for leafwise symmetric Kaehler metrics on compact manifolds with smooth foliations. This provides applications to the study of the geometry of foliations as well as Kaehler manifolds that contain some symmetric geometry.