A NNALI DELLA
S CUOLA N ORMALE S UPERIORE DI P ISA Classe di Scienze
L UIGI R ODINO
A class of pseudo differential operators on the product of two manifolds and applications
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Operators
of Two Manifolds and Applications.
LUIGI RODINO
(*) (**)
Introduction.
Some
particular
linearsingular integral operators
on theproduct
of twocompact
manifolds have beenrecently
studied in[7], [8], [9]
under the nameof
(bisingular operators
». Theseoperators
appear in connection with aboundary
valueproblem
for functions of twocomplex
variables inbicylinders,
which leads to a
«bisingular equation))
on thedistinguished boundary
(see [7], [10]).
we caneasily
express abisingular operator A
in the formof
pseudo
differentialoperator,
thatis,
in local coordinates and with the usual notations:where,
in thepresent
case,x = (x1, x2),
and~ _ ( ~~ , ~9 ) E Rn, ~2 = W ~ n2 .
However, A
need not be a classicalpseudo
differentialoperator;
particularly,
thesymbol ~(.r, ~)
is not ingeneral
in any of the classes ofHörmander [5],
Our aim is to construct an
algebra
ofpseudo
differentialoperators
con-taining
thebisingular operators
in[7], [8], [9].
We shall introduce in the classes ofsymbols
definedby
theinequalities :
(*)
Istituto Matematico del Politecnico - Torino.(**)
The paper was written while the author was aguest
at the Matematiska Institution of theUniversity
of Lund, and it wassupported by
an italianfellowship
of the M.P.I. and
by
a contribution of the Comitato Nazionale per Ie Scienze Matematiche.Pervenuto alla Redazione il 7
Giugno
1974.for x2 in a fixed
compact
subset .K cill
X In section 1 wedevelop
the
symbolic
calculus and westudy
the boundedness ofpseudo
differentialoperators
withsymbol
in thepreceding classes;
in section 2 thesymbolic
calculus is
specified
foroperators
withhomogeneous principal symbol {see
def.2.2).
All the statement and the
proofs
are modelled on thetheory
of classicalpseudo
differentialoperators
and inparticular
on Hormander[5], chapter II;
however,
it will be not convenient toidentify
thesymbol
with the function.a (xl ,
X2,~1’ ~2 )
in(0.2)
but rather with the two maps:from
Ql X Rnl
to and from to(see
the related definition ofsymbol
of abisingular operator
in[7]
and[8]).
With this under-standing
we will find the usualproperty, that
thesymbol
of theproduct
oftwo
operators
is theproduct
of thesymbols (def. 2.3,
th.2.5).
In section 3 we consider
operators
on theproduct
of twocompact
mani-folds the
principal symbol
of anoperator A
will be acouple
ofhomogeneous
maps:It follows from the
symbolic
calculus that A is Fredholm if eachoperator
of the two families 0"1 and a2 isexactly
invertible in andrespectively (th. 3.2):
when we assume m1= m2 = 0 in(0.2 ),
thisgives
theresults in
[7], [9]
about thebisingular operators.
In section 4 we
present
twoapplications.
First westudy
the tensorproduct
ofcomplexes
as inAtiyah-Singer [1]:
we shall check that the tensorproduct
of twoelliptic complexes
ofpseudo
differentialoperators
of orderzero is
actually
anelliptic complex
in ouralgebra (note
that the method ofapproximation
in[1], proposition (5.4),
fails foroperators
of orderzero).
In the second
application
we extend tosystems
the results about theboundary
valueproblem
in[7], [10].
Finally,
I thank Professor G.Geymonat,
whosuggested
theargument
of the
research,
and Professor L.Hormander,
whoguided
the work.1. - We
write Xi
-=(r] ,
...,x")
for the coordinate inR"’, I
=1, 2,
and~i = (~i , ... , ~2 ~)
for the dualcoordinate; 0153i == (0153~ , ..., 0153:i)
is anni-tuple
ofnonnegative integers;
likewise we use in R"’ the other standard notation ofthe
theory
ofpseudo
differentialoperators,
as in[4], [5]. Particularly,
and
L~,~
are the classes ofsymbols
andoperators
in[5], chapters
I and II.DEFINITION 1.1. Let
Di
be an open subsetof Rni,
i=- -1, 2 ;
denoteby
X
il2)
the setof
all a E XQ2
XRnl+n2)
such thatfor
every com-pact
set and all mul tiorders oc,,f31’ f32’
the estimate :is
valid, for
some constantWe associate to every
and
where:
Reciprocally,
thesymbol a
isuniquely
determinedby
one of these maps.NotethatifaESm1.m2(Q
if b is in then ba is in Note also that :
and this is in
general
the bestpossible
inclusion in the classes of H6r- mander[5]
onwe define the
operator:
where
;1’ ~2)
is in andi~(~1, ~z)
is the Fourier trans- form of u ina(xl, x2, Dl, .Dz)
is a continuous linear map ofinto
DEFINITION 1.3. We write
for
the classof operators of
theform (1.2); ~(.ri~2~i?~2) ~
called thesymbol of a(xl, x2, Dl, D2).
Now we shall
study
thecomposition
of twooperators
in the classesand the effect of a
change
of variables. Forsimplicity
weassume that
symbols
havecompact support
in the xl, X2variables; then,
is a continuous linear map of into
and the
composition
is well defined. At first we introduce someoperations
on
symbols.
DEFINITION 1.4. Let a e X
Q2)
and b E SP1.P2 XQ2)
withcompact support in the
Xl’ X2variables ;
the twosymbols (&~~)(~l~2?~l?~2)
and(&0~)(~~~~~~)
aredefined in
relations :where in the
right products of operators
in and are considered.DEFINITION 1. 5. Let a E
sml.m2(,Ql
XfJ2)
withcompact support
in the xl, x,variables;
let be an open subsetof
Rn1 and letk1:
be adiffe- ill into S?’;
thesymbol
x2 ,e1, e2 )
isdefined
inby
the relation :where and the inverse
of k1. I f S22 zs
an opensubset of
Rn2 andk2 : ,~2 ~ S22 is a
wedefine in
the same wayREMARKS. It is easy to
verify
that( 1. 3 )
and(1.4)
defineactually symbols
in the sense of definition 1.1.
Note also
that,
in view of formula(2.1.9)
in[5],
thesymbol
is in
sm1+PI-N1.m2-t "2(Qi
XQ2).
In view of formula(2.1.14)
in[5],
thesymbol:
THEOREM 1.6. Let a E X
Q2)
b ESPl,V2(Q1
XS~2)
withcompact support
in the xl , X2variables ;
thecomposition b(x1’
X2,D1, D2)a(xl,
X2,D1, D2) defined
on X is anoperator
in X[22). lVloreover,
itssymbol c(xl ,
X2,~1’ ~2)
has theasymptotic expansion :
.where :
and the
( 1. ~ )
meansthat, for
anyPROOF. Direct
computation
shows that:where
with
To find the
asymptotic expansion (1.5),
weput
in(1.7)
thefollowing
devel-opment
ofb(Xl’ X2, r¡2):
where:
We have :
where:
To
compute c1,
in(1.10)
we use the formulaThen we
integrate by parts:
the result isHence:
Likewise we find:
To
compute C3 ,
we use the formulaand we
integrate by parts
in(1.10).
We haveNow,
if we re-arrange the terms in we obtainTo estimate rN , write in
(1.11):
and
integrate by parts.
Then note that:If we choose
Similar estimates
provide
bounds forhence rN
is inand the theorem
1.6
isproved.
Later on we shall
only
deal with the first term of theexpansion (1.5) :
THEOREM 1.7. Let a E
Q2)
withcompact support
in the Xl’ X2riables;
let,~~
be an open subsetof Rni,
i== 1, 2,
let bea
diffeomorphism of SZz
intoQi ;
denoteomorphism product.
Theoperator:
with
symbol
inaid
PROOF.
By
an usualargument
due to M. Kuranishi theoperator (1.14)
can be
expressed by:
with:
and with:
where
i =1, 2,
is a convenient matrix and Weput
in
(1.17)
thefollowing development of q:
where :
and
First we have
Secondly,
y if wekeep
in mind the effect of achange
of variables for thepseudo
differentialoperators
in(see [5]),
in view of the definition 1.5 we obtain:and
Finally,
y if we use anargument
similar to theproof
of the theorem 2.1.1 in[5],
it follows from(1.19):
"
With
1 2
(Q1XQ2).The
proof
of theorem 1.7 iscomplete.
Now we shall
study
the boundedness ofoperators
inwill denote the space of all such that:
20 Annali della Scuola Norm. Sup. di Pisa
THEOREM 1.8.
..Every a ( xi , x2 , D1, D2 ) in
linear conti-from
PROOF. We can
easily
restrict ourselves toproof
thatin x
Q2)
is continuous fromQ2)
= XQ2)
toThen,
in view of the inclusion in the note after the definition1.1, a(x1, x2, ~1, ~2)
is in and theusual
arguments
for boundedness ofpseudo
differentialoperators
hold.2. - Now we shall
study
in more detailoperators
in withhomogeneous principal symbol (see
thefollowing
definitions 2.1 and2.2).
Later on we shall note
by HLm(Qi)’ i
=1, 2,
the set of all thea(xi, Di)
Ewith
homogeneous principal symbol ~z) (this
means that weassume the existence of a C°
homogeneous
functionaO(xi’ ~i )
ofdegree
m onsuch that
DEFiNiTioN 2.1. We denote
b~ .
such that :
Moreover, for
all Xl’~l’ $,, =A 0, 0’1(X1,
X2,~l’ D2 ) , defined
as in( 1.1’ ) ,
is inHLmZ(Q2)
withhomogeneous principal symbol
Moreover, for
all with homo-geneous
principal symbol
Note that the
symbol
a does notdepend
from the choise of 1¡)i,except
for addition of a term inX S~2 ) ;
then we can introduce the fol-lowing
definition :DEFINITION 2.2. We denote
by !J2)
the setof
all aQ2)
such that
for
some XS?2)
ac - o~ is in XS~2 ) .
Wewrite X
S~2 ) for
thecorresponding
subsetof
X and wecall
tal
thehomogeneous principal symbol of a(x1,
X2,.D1, D2 ) .
DEFINITION 2 . 3 . Let
t-rl
andlet aI, 0’2, 7’1, I T2 have
compact support
in the XI I x2variables;
wedefine
inX
S22)
thecomposition :
where and are
defined
as in(1.3), for ~1 -#
0 and~2::/::-
0 re-spectively.
DEFINITION 2.4. Let X
.Q2)
and let U2 havecompact support
in the xi, X2variables ; then,
with the notationsof
theorem1.7,
wedefine
in X
,~2 ) :
1where
alk
1 2are
defined as in (1.4), for ~i 7~0
and~2 ~~ respectively.
THEOREM 2.5. Let
with
compact support
in the XI I X2variables ;
let EE X
Sz2 )
and{zl ,
XQ2)
theirhomogeneousprincipalsymbol.
The
composition b(X1’
X2,D1, D2)a(x1,
X2,.Dl, D2)
is in ~C.Q2)
and its
homogeneous principal symbol
is :THEOREM 2 . 6 . Let with
compact
sup -port
in the xi, X2 variables and letforl E ~’~~’’~’~(S~1
XQ2)
itshomogeneous principal operator defined
in(1.9),
theorem1.7,
is inS~2)
withhomogeneous principal symbol
inX S22)
vThe theorems 2.5 and 2.6 follow
easily
from theorems 1.6 and 1.7 and the details of theproofs
are left for the reader.Note
finally
that there is nodifficulty
inextending
thepreceding
resultsto matrices of
operators
inX ,~2 )
andHLml.m2(Q1
XQ2).
3. - Now we shall consider
operators
withhomogeneous principal symbol,
as in definition
2.2,
in theproduct
of twocompact manifolds,
asoperators
between vector bundles.
Let
Xi, i = 1, 2,
be acompact manifold;
we write for the co-tangent
bundle andS*(Xi)
for the unitsphere
ofT*(Xi)
for some metric.E, .F,
G will denote vector bundles onXl X X2 .
IfPI E Xl,
we denoteby EPl
the restrictionlikewise,
ifP2 E X2, Ep~
=E I x, x p. Let 1I:i
bethe canonical
projection
ofS* (Xi)
intoXi;
we note: E’~ ==x n,)* (E);
.E’~ is a vector bundle on
S*(X1)
Moreover we shall write
HLm(xi, Ei,
i =1, 2,
for the class ofpseudo
differentialoperators
withhomogeneous principal symbol
betweentwo vector bundles
Ei, ~’i
i onXi.
Let
X7’ - D"
cX
cRftj,
be acomplete family
of oro co-ordinate
systems
inXi ;
then:is a
complete family
in XX 2 .
We denote
by HSl.S2(X1
the Hilbert space of all u ED’(Xi
suchthat for all in
(3.1);
in the sameway we define on the vector bundle E.
(The properties
of the spaces
H~1’$2(Xl
XX2)
can beeasily
deduced from the results in[6], chapter II).
Note that the inclusionmapping
of intocompletely
continuous(see
theorem 2.2.3 in[6]).
We denote
by HLm1,m2(X1
the set of all linear maps ofCoo(X1 xX2)
to such
that,
for every coordinatesystem
of theform
(3.1),
the associatedoperator
from tois in 1 X
S~2 E ) ;
in the same way, we can define X~ ~ F)
in the set of the linear maps from
Coo(X1 E)
toC°°(X1 F).
Inview of theorem
1.8,
anoperator
inHLml.m2(X1 E, F)
egtends to a con-tinuous map of
.H~1’$2(X1 XX2, .E)
toWe denote
by xX2, E, .~)
the set of allcouples f6., ~r2~
suchthat
(we
use theterminology
ofAtiyah-Singer [2]) :
1)
a1 is a C°°family
ofpseudo
differentialoperators
on suchthat: if
V1ES*(X¡), a1(v¡)
is in Wecan
identify
thesymbol ao
of thefamily
cr1 with an element inHOM(E*, F* ) .
2)
a2 is a 000family
ofpseudo
differentialoperators
onS*(X2)
suchthat: if
V2 E S*(X2), P2 - ’ ~~(v2), a2(v2)
is inHLm1(X1, E P2’
Wecan
identify
thesymbol a’ 2
of thefamily
c~2 with an element inHOM(E*, I’~ ) .
3)
Weimpose:
Let be in for a coordinate
system
of the form
3.1,
its localexpression
is in XS?11) (we
understandthe
generalization
of definition 2.1 tomatrices).
If wechange
the coordinatesystem,
the localexpression
ofchanges
a~s in definition2 . 4 ; hence,
in view of theorem
2.6,
theprincipal symbol
of everyoperator
inE, F)
is well defined inxX2, E, F).
DEFIITION 3.1. The
symbol
inEm1.m2(X1 E, F)
iselliptic if, for
each vi ES* ( X 1 ) ,
as anoperator
inFp,)
isexactly
invertible
and, for
eachV2ES*(X2), a2(v2)
as anoperator
inHLm1(X1, EP2’ Fp2}
is
exactly
invertible.’
If is
elliptic,
we can construct its « inverse » in Eml.-m2(X1 xX2, F, E).
Theorem 2.5
immediately gives :
THEOREM 3.2. Let A in
E, F)
haveelliptic principal symbol.
There exists B inX X2, F, E)
such thatwhere
IF
is theidentity
onOOO(X1
XX2, F),
theidentity
onOOO(X1
XX2, E), KF
iscompact
onF)
andKE
iscompact
onHS1.S2(X1 xX2, E).
Then
A,
as a mapfrom HS1.S2(X1 xX2, E)
toF),
is aFredholm
operator (it
has closed rangeof finite
codimension and afinite
dimen-sional null
space).
A,
as a map of to or as a map ofto
~’ (Xl X XZ ,1~),
has also range.R(A )
of finite codimension and finite dimensional null spaceN(A);
the index:depends only
on thehomotopy
class of theprincipal symbol
of A in thespace of
elliptic symbols
inE, F).
Note
that,
when we assume m1= =0,
theorem 3.2gives
the resultsin
[7], [9]
about thebisingular operators.
4. - Now we
present
twoapplications
of the theorem 3.2.c~)
First we shallstudy
the tensorproduct
ofpseudo
differentialoperators
as inAtiyah-Singer [1],
pp. 512-515.Particularly,
y we considerthe tensor
product
of twooperators
of order zero.Let
A in X i , i - 1, 2, compact
manifolds. Forsimplicity
weassume that
Ai is
a scalaroperator; denote a°
theprincipal symbol
ofA
iin We define :
is
actually
inHLo.o(X1 E2, E2), where
.E2 is the trivial 2-dimen- siona~l vector bundle over Itsprincipal symbol
in.E2, E2)
is :Direct
computation
shows that and62(vz)
are invertible in andHLO(X1, E2, E2)
for each andIn view of theorem 3.2 we have
proved :
THEOREM 4.1. in
(4.1),
as a mapof
toHSl.S2(X1
XX2, E2),
is a Fredholmoperator.
This is the
expected result, according
to[1 ] ;
in[1 ]
is alsoproved
thatb)
In the secondapplication
we extend tosystems
the results in[7], [10]
about aboundary
valueproblem
for functions of twocomplex
variables.In the
complex plane CZi
we noteIn we write
~==1~
for the fourcomple-
mentary bicylinders
with commondistinguished boundary Xl
XX2.
Considerthe
following boundary
valueproblem:
PROBLEM 4.2. Let
Âh.k(Zl’ Z2)’
7h,
k =1, 2,
bef our
m X m mactricesof func-
tions in X
X2)
..F’indZ2), h,
k== 1, 2, m-tuples of functions
inCOO(Dh:k),
such that :and has a zero at
infinity.
where g is a
given m-tuple of f unctions
inThe
problem
4.2 can be reduced to thestudy
of thefollowing operator
on
X1 X X2 (see [7], [10]) :
where
are the
Plemeli’s projections.
P is a map of
Em)
toC°°(Xl .E~‘),
where Em is thetrivial m-dimensional vector bundle on
X2 . Actually
P EX2, E"’)
withprincipal symbol ~Q1, ~2~
in’¿;0.0(X1XX2, Em, Em) :
where we
identify
with twocopies
ofxt
andXi,
y andva E
S* (Xi)
withz’
EX’
or EXi.
Now use theterminology
in[3]
andnote
6,(A), t = 1, 2, ... , m,
thepartial
indices of a matrix A of functionson the unit circle in C.
THEOREM 4. 3..Let det
Ah,k =1=
0for
allh,
k=: 1,
2 and all Zl, z, EXl
XX2 . Suppose that, if
we considerpartial
indices withrespect
to z2 :for
each z, EX,;
moreover,if
we considerpartial
indices withrespect
to zl :for
all Then P in(4.4),
as a mapof Em)
toH81.82(X¡ Em),
is a Fredholmoperator
and theproblem
4.2 has afinite
index.
In
fact,
in view of the results in[3],
the conditions(4.7)
and(4.8) imply
that the
symbol
in(4.6)
iselliptic; hence,
if weapply
theorem3.2,
we obtaintheorem 4.3.
The index of
P,
in the case m=1,
I iscomputed
in[8].
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