Boutet de Monvel's calculus and groupoids. I.

Abstract: Can Boutet de Monvel's algebra on a compact manifold with boundary be obtained as the algebra

P s i^{0} (G)

of pseudodifferential operators on some Lie groupoid

G

? If it could, the kernel

m a t h c a l G

of the principal symbol homomorphism would be isomorphic to the groupoid {

C^{*}

-algebra}

C^{*} (G)

. While the answer to the above question remains open, we exhibit in this paper a groupoid

G

such that

C^{*} (G)

possesses an ideal

m a t h c a l I

isomorphic to

m a t h c a l G

. %ES, the kernel of the principal symbol homomorphism on Boutet de Monvel's algebra. In fact, we prove first that

m a t h c a l G s i m e q P s i o t i m e s m a t h c a l K

with the

C^{*}

-algebra

P s i

generated by the zero order pseudodifferential operators on the boundary and the algebra

m a t h c a l K

of compact operators. As both

P s i o t i m e s m a t h c a l K

and

m a t h c a l I

are extensions of

C (S^{*} Y) o t i m e s m a t h c a l K

by

m a t h c a l K

(

S^{*} Y

is the co-sphere bundle over the boundary) we infer from a theorem by Voiculescu that both are isomorphic.

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