Pseudodifferential operators of mixed type adapted to distributions of $k$-planes

Abstract

We study the phenomena that arise when we combine the standard pseudodifferential operators with those operators that appear in the study of some sub-elliptic estimates, and on strongly pseudoconvex domains. The algebra of operators we introduce is geometrically invariant, and is adapted to a smooth distribution of tangent subspaces of constant rank. We isolate certain ideals in the algebra whose analysis is of particular interest.