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T
HEOREM
2. a ∈ D
µ, d
+
; N ,
N
+
and b ∈ D
ν, e
+
; N
−
, N
implies ab ∈
D
µ+ν, h
+
; N
−
, N
+
for h = maxν + d, e. T
HEOREM
3. Let a ∈ D
µ, d
+
; N
−
, N
+
where aτ 6= 0 for all τ ∈ , and assume
that a defines an invertible operator 26 for some s ∈
, s maxµ, d −
1 2
. Then 26 is invertible for all s ∈
, s maxµ, d −
1 2
. In addition
a :
✁
+
⊕
N
−
−→
✁
+
⊕
N
+
is invertible, and we have a
−1
∈ D
−µ,d−µ
+
+
; N
+
, N
−
; here ν
+
= maxν, 0.
3.2. Boundary symbols associated with interior symbols
In this section we introduce a special symbol class on
n
that gives rise to operator-valued symbols in the sense of Section 2.4.
Let S
µ;δ cl
ξ ; x
n
×
n ≍
defined to be the subspace of all ax, ξ ∈ S
µ cl
ξ ; x
n
×
n
vanishing on the set
T
R
:= x = y, t ∈
n
: |x| ≥ R, |t | R|y| 28
for some constant R = Ra. In an analogous manner we define the more general space S
µ;δ n
×
n ≍
. Set S
µ;δ cl
ξ ; x
n
×
n tr,≍
= S
µ;δ cl
ξ ; x
n
×
n ≍
∩ S
µ;δ cl
n
×
n tr
and S
µ;δ cl
ξ ; x
n +
×
n tr,≍
= n
a = ˜a|
n +
×
n
: ˜ax, ξ ∈ S
µ;δ cl
ξ ; x
n
×
n tr,≍
o ,
n +
=
n−1
×
+
. Similarly, we can define the spaces S
µ;δ cl
ξ
n
×
n ≍
, S
µ;δ cl
ξ
n
×
n tr,≍
, S
µ;δ cl
ξ
n +
×
n tr,≍
, where cl
ξ
means symbols that are only classical in ξ . For a ∈ S
µ;δ cl
ξ
n
×
n ≍
we form opay, ηut =
RR e
it −t
′
τ
ay, t, η, τ ut
′
dt
′
d¯τ and set op
+
ay, η = r
+
opay, ηe
+
, where r
+
and e
+
are of analogous meaning on as the corresponding operators r
+
and e
+
in Section 2.2.
We also form op
+
ay, η for symbols ay, t, η, τ ∈ S
µ;δ cl
ξ
n +
×
n tr,≍
; the extension e
+
includes an extension of a to a corresponding ˜ a, though op
+
ay, η does not depend on the choice of ˜
a. P
ROPOSITION
1. ax, ξ ∈ S
µ;δ n
×
n ≍
implies op ay, η ∈ S
µ;δ n−1
×
n−1
; H
s
, H
s−µ
for every s ∈ .
The simple proof is left to the reader. P
ROPOSITION
2. ax, ξ ∈ S
µ;δ cl
ξ
n +
×
n tr,≍
implies op
+
ay, η ∈ S
µ;δ n−1
×
n−1
; H
s +
, H
s−µ +
Boundary value problems 317
for every s −
1 2
and op
+
ay, η ∈ S
µ;δ n−1
×
n−1
;
✁
+
,
✁
+
. The proof of this result can be given similarly to Theorem 2.2.11 in [20].
Given a symbol ax, ξ ∈ S
µ;δ cl
ξ
n +
×
n tr
we call the operator family op
+
a|
t =0
y, η : H
s +
−→ H
s−µ +
, s −
1 2
or op
+
a|
t =0
y, η :
✁
+
−→
✁
+
the boundary symbol associated with ax, ξ .
R
EMARK
10. For ax, ξ ∈ S
µ;δ cl
ξ ; x
n +
×
n tr
we have op
+
a|
t =0
y, η ∈ S
µ;δ cl
η; y
n−1
×
n−1
; H
s +
, H
s−µ +
, s −
1 2
, and op
+
a|
t =0
y, η ∈ S
µ;δ cl
η; y
n−1
×
n−1
;
✁
+
,
✁
+
. For ax, ξ ∈ S
µ;δ cl
ξ ; x
n +
×
n
we form σ
a = σ
ψ
a, σ
e
a, σ
ψ, e
a; σ
∂
a, σ
e
′
a, σ
∂, e
′
a ,
for σ
ψ
a = σ
ψ
˜ a|
n +
×
n
\0
, σ
e
a = σ
e
˜ a|
n +
\0 ×
n
, σ
ψ, e
a = σ
ψ, e
˜ a|
n +
\0 ×
n
\0
with an ˜ a ∈ S
µ;δ cl
ξ
n
×
n tr
where a = ˜ a|
n +
×
n
, and σ
∂
ay, η :=
σ
∂
op
+
a|
t =0
y, η , y, η ∈
n−1
×
n−1
\ 0 ,
σ
e
′
ay, η :=
σ
e
′
op
+
a|
t =0
y, η , y, η ∈
n−1
\ 0 ×
n−1
, σ
∂, e
′
ay, η :=
σ
∂, e
′
op
+
a|
t =0
y, η , y, η ∈
n−1
\ 0 ×
n−1
\ 0 ,
where the right hand sides are understood in the sense of 18. Here, e
′
is used for the exit symbol components along y ∈
n−1
, while e indicates exit symbol components of interior symbols with respect to x ∈
n
. It is useful to decompose symbols in S
µ;δ cl
ξ ; x
n +
×
n
into a ≍-part and an interior part by a suitable partition of unity.
D
EFINITION
3. A function χ
≍
∈ C
∞ n
+
is called a global admissible cut-off function in
n +
if i 0 ≤ χ
≍
x ≤ 1 for all x ∈
n +
, ii there is an R 0 such that χ
≍
λ x = χ
≍
x for all λ ≥ 1, |x| R, iii
g
χ
≍
x = 1 for 0 ≤ t ε for some ε 0, χ
≍
x = 0 for |x| ≥ R, t e R|y| and
χ
≍
x = 0 for |x| ≤ R, t ˜ε for some ˜ε ε and non-negative reals R and e R.
A function χ
≍
∈ C
∞ n
+
is called a local admissible cut-off function in
n +
if it has the properties i , ii and
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iii
l
χ
≍
x = νx1 − ωx for ω = ˜ ω|
n +
for some ˜ ω ∈
C
∞ n
, 0 ≤ ˜ ω
x ≤ 1 for all x ∈
n
and ˜ ω
x = 1 in a neighbourhood of x = 0 and ν = ̹|
n +
for some ̹ ∈
C
∞ n
\ 0 with ̹λx = ̹x for all λ ∈
+
, x ∈
n
\ 0, such that for some y ∈
n−1
with |y| = 1, and certain 0 ε ˜ε
1 2
we have ̹x = 1 for all x ∈ S
n−1
∩
n +
with |x − y| ε and ̹x = 0 for all x ∈ S
n−1
∩
n +
with |x − y| ˜ε. For ax, ξ ∈ S
µ;δ cl
ξ ; x
n +
×
n
and any local or global admissible cut-off function χ
≍
we then get a decomposition
ax, ξ = χ
≍
xax, ξ + 1 − χ
≍
xax, ξ where a
≍
x, ξ := χ
≍
xax, ξ ∈ S
µ;δ cl
ξ ; x
n +
×
n ≍
and 1 − χ
≍
xax, ξ ∈ S
µ;δ cl
ξ ; x
n +
×
n
. R
EMARK
11. The operator of multiplication M
χ
≍
by any χ
≍
∈ C
∞ n
with χ
≍
λ x =
χ
≍
x for all |x| R for some R 0 and λ ≥ 1, can be regarded as an element in L
0;0 cl
n
. In other words, we have M
χ
≍
A, A M
χ
≍
∈ L
µ;δ cl
n
for every A ∈ L
µ;δ cl
n
. If χ
≍
and ˜ χ
≍
are two such functions with supp χ
≍
∩ supp ˜ χ
≍
= ∅ we have χ
≍
A ˜ χ
≍
∈ L
−∞;−∞ n
for arbitrary A ∈ L
µ;δ cl
n
. A similar observation is true in the operator-valued case.
3.3. Green symbols