Algebras of convolution type operators with piecewise slowly oscillating data. I: Local and structural study (Q1946559)

Let \({\mathcal{B}_{p,w}}\) be the Banach algebra of all bounded linear operators acting on the weighted Lebesgue space \({L^{p}(\mathbb{R}, w)}\), where \({p \in (1, \infty)}\) and \(w\) is a Muckenhoupt weight. The authors study the Banach subalgebra \({\mathfrak{A}_{p,w}}\) of \({\mathcal{B}_{p,w}}\) generated by all multiplication operators \(aI\) \(({a \in PSO^{\diamond}})\) and all convolution operators \(W ^{0}(b)\) \(({b \in PSO_{p,w}^{\diamond}})\), where \({PSO^{\diamond} \subset L^{\infty}(\mathbb{R})}\) and \({PSO_{p,w}^{\diamond} \subset M_{p,w}}\) are algebras of piecewise slowly oscillating functions that admit piecewise slowly oscillating discontinuities at arbitrary points of \({\mathbb{R} \cup \{\infty\}}\), and \(M _{p,w }\) is the Banach algebra of Fourier multipliers on \({L^{p}(\mathbb{R}, w)}\). Under some conditions on the Muckenhoupt weight \(w\), the authors construct a Fredholm symbol calculus for the Banach algebra \({\mathfrak{A}_{p,w}}\) and establish a Fredholm criterion for the operators \({A \in \mathfrak{A}_{p,w}}\) in terms of their Fredholm symbols. To study the Banach algebra \({\mathfrak{A}_{p,w}}\), the authors apply the theory of Mellin pseudodifferential operators, the Allan-Douglas local principle, the two idempotents theorem and the method of limit operators. The paper is divided in two parts. The first part deals with the local study of \({\mathfrak{A}_{p,w}}\) and necessary tools for studying local algebras. Part II has appeared [ibid. 75, No.~1, 49--86 (2013; Zbl 1275.47104)].