Positivity properties in noncommutative convolution algebras with applications in pseudo-differential calculus (Q1395894)

The author considers general positivity properties in noncommutative convolution algebras, especially in the algebra of twisted convolution (the \(*_\sigma\)-algebra). He is concerned with the set \(\mathcal{S}'_+\) of all \(a\in \mathcal{D}'\) for which \((a *_\sigma \varphi, \varphi) \geq 0\) holds for every \(\varphi \in C^\infty_0\). The author proves several results of the following type: if \(a\in \mathcal{S}'_+\) satisfies a certain regularity or boundedness property at the origin, then \(a\) and its Fourier transform satisfy the same regularity or boundedness property everywhere. He then uses the results to determine whether given positive pseudo-differential operators belong to certain Schatten-classes or not.