Linear differential operators on contact manifolds

DOI10.1093/IMRN/RNV364MaRDI QIDQ4560552zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors Charles H. Conley, Valentin Ovsienko

Publication date 12 December 2018

Published in IMRN. International Mathematics Research Notices (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1205.6562

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Representations of Lie algebras and Lie superalgebras, algebraic theory (weights) (17B10) PDEs on manifolds (35R01) Lie algebras of vector fields and related (super) algebras (17B66) Contact manifolds (general theory) (53D10)

Abstract: We consider differential operators between sections of arbitrary powers of the determinant line bundle over a contact manifold. We extend the standard notions of the Heisenberg calculus: noncommutative symbolic calculus, the principal symbol, and the contact order to such differential operators. Our first main result is an intrinsically defined "subsymbol" of a differential operator, which is a differential invariant of degree one lower than that of the principal symbol. In particular, this subsymbol associates a contact vector field to an arbitrary second order linear differential operator. Our second main result is the construction of a filtration that strengthens the well-known contact order filtration of the Heisenberg calculus.

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