No label defined (Q4939441)

The author considers a pseudo-differential operator \(a(x,D)\) with symbol \(a(x,\xi)\) in the class \(S^0_0\), i.e. satisfying \[ |D^\alpha_x D^\beta_\xi a(x,\xi)|\leq C_{\alpha\beta}(x)(1+ |\xi|)^{-|\beta|},\quad x,\xi\in \mathbb{R}^n, \] with \(\lim_{x\to\infty} C_{\alpha\beta}(x)= 0\) for \(\alpha\neq 0\). It is well known that \(a(x,D)\) can be extended as a bounded linear operator in \(L^2(\mathbb{R}^n)\). The author proves here that every \(\lambda\in \mathbb{C}\) in the essential spectrum of \(a(x,D)\) satisfies the bound \[ |\lambda|\leq \sup_{x,\xi\in \mathbb{R}^n}|a(x,\xi)|. \]