Gohberg Lemma and Spectral Results for Pseudodifferential Operators on Locally Compact Abelian Groups

Abstract

We provide a new type of proof for known or new Gohberg lemmas for pseudodifferential operators on Abelian locally compact groups $\mathrm{X}$. We use $C^*$-algebraic techniques, which also give spectral results to which the Gohberg lemma is just a corollary. These results extend most of those appearing in the literature in various directions. In particular, compactness or a a Lie structure are not needed. The ideal of all the compact operators in $\mathrm{L}^2(\mathrm{X})$ is replaced by all the ideals having a crossed product structure, which is a consistent generalization. We also indicate several new examples, mostly connected to specific behaviors of functions on the dual $\Xi$ of $\mathrm{X}$.