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Analytic Hypoellipticity in the Presence of Lower Order Terms

Paolo Albano, Antonio Bove, David S. Tartakoff

math.AParXiv:math/0603317

Abstract

We consider a second order operator with analytic coefficients whose principal symbol vanishes exactly to order two on a symplectic real analytic manifold. We assume that the first (non degenerate) eigenvalue vanishes on a symplectic submanifold of the characteristic manifold. In the C∞ framework this situation would mean a loss of 3/2 derivatives. We prove that this operator is analytic hypoelliptic. The main tool is the FBI transform. A case in which C∞ hypoellipticity fails is also discussed.

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