On the propagation of singularities for pseudo-differential operators with characteristics of variable multiplicity (Q4030407)

The paper is devoted to the analysis of the propagation of the singularities for a class of pseudo-differential operators with characteristics with variable multiplicity. One assumes that the characteristic set of the operator is a union of hypersurfaces \(S_ j\), \(j=1,\dots,r\), which are tangent along an involutive manifold. Moreover, the hypersurfaces \(S_ i\) and \(S_ j\) for \(i\neq j\) are tangent of exact order \(k_{ij}\). Under a suitable Levi condition on the lower order terms the author proves a result for the propagation of the wave front set of the solutions. The proof is based on a reduction of a first order diagonalizable system by using a general Weyl calculus for pseudo- differential operators.