Parametrix for a hyperbolic initial value problem with dissipation in some region

Abstract

We consider the initial value problem for a pseudodifferential equation with first order hyperbolic part, and an order $γ> 0$ dissipative term. Under an assumption, depending on an integer parameter $L \geq 2$ such that $2 γ< L$, we construct for this initial value problem a parametrix that is a Fourier integral operator of type $ρ= 1 - γ/L$. The assumption implies that where the principal symbol of the dissipative term is zero, the terms of order up to $L-1$ in its Taylor series also vanish.