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The question of solvability

Dencker, Nils LU (2003) Hyperbolic problems and related topics p.159-184
Abstract
We give a proof of the Nirenberg-Treves conjecture: that local solvability of principal type pseudodifferential operators is equivalent to condition (Psi). This condition rules out sign changes from - to + of the imaginary part of the principal symbol along the oriented bicharacteristics of the real part. We obtain local solvability by proving a localizable a priori estimate for the adjoint operator with a loss of two derivatives (compared with the elliptic case).
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published
subject
keywords
pseudodifferential operators, Nirenberg-Treves conjecture, solvability, principal type
host publication
Graduate Series in Analysis
editor
Colombini, Ferruccio and Nishitani, Tatsuo
pages
26 pages
publisher
International Press, Somerville, MA, USA
conference name
Hyperbolic problems and related topics
conference location
Cortona, Italy
conference dates
2002-09-10
ISBN
1-57146-150-7
language
English
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yes
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  author       = {{Dencker, Nils}},
  booktitle    = {{Graduate Series in Analysis}},
  editor       = {{Colombini, Ferruccio and Nishitani, Tatsuo}},
  isbn         = {{1-57146-150-7}},
  keywords     = {{pseudodifferential operators; Nirenberg-Treves conjecture; solvability; principal type}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{159--184}},
  publisher    = {{International Press, Somerville, MA, USA}},
  title        = {{The question of solvability}},
  year         = {{2003}},
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