Autori: Robert Lauter, Sergiu Moroianu

Editorial: Communications in Partial Differential Equations, 26, p.233-283, 2001.

Rezumat:

We consider the calculus ?*,*de(X, de?½) of double-edge pseudodifferential operators naturally associated to a compact manifold X whose boundary is the total space of a fibration. This fits into the setting of boundary fibration structures, and we discuss the corresponding geometric objects. We construct a scale of weighted double-edge Sobolev spaces on which double-edge pseudodifferential operators act as bounded operators, characterize the Fredholm elements in ?*,*de(X) by means of the invertibility of an appropriate symbol map, and describe a K-theoretical formula for the Fredholm index extending the Atiyah-Singer formula for closed manifolds. The algebra of operators of order (0, 0) is shown to be a ?*-algebra, hence its K-theory coincides with that of its C*-closure, and we give a description of the corresponding cyclic 6-term exact sequence. We define a Wodzicki-type residue trace on an ideal in ?*,*de(X, de?½), and we show that it coincides with Dixmier’s trace for operators of order -dim X in this ideal. This extends a result of Connes for the closed case.

Cuvinte cheie: Degenerate pseudodifferential operators, index theory

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