On the Fefferman-Phong inequality

Abdesslam Boulkhemair[1]

  • [1] Université de Nantes Laboratoire de Mathématiques Jean Leray CNRS UMR6629 2, rue de la Houssinière BP 92208 44322 Nantes (France)

Annales de l’institut Fourier (2008)

  • Volume: 58, Issue: 4, page 1093-1115
  • ISSN: 0373-0956

Abstract

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We show that the number of derivatives of a non negative 2-order symbol needed to establish the classical Fefferman-Phong inequality is bounded by n 2 + 4 + ϵ improving thus the bound 2 n + 4 + ϵ obtained recently by N. Lerner and Y. Morimoto. In the case of symbols of type S 0 , 0 0 , we show that this number is bounded by n + 4 + ϵ ; more precisely, for a non negative symbol a , the Fefferman-Phong inequality holds if x α ξ β a ( x , ξ ) are bounded for, roughly, 4 | α | + | β | n + 4 + ϵ . To obtain such results and others, we first prove an abstract result which says that the Fefferman-Phong inequality for a non negative symbol a holds whenever all fourth partial derivatives of a are in an algebra 𝒜 of bounded functions on the phase space, which satisfies essentially two assumptions : 𝒜 is, roughly, translation invariant and the operators associated to symbols in 𝒜 are bounded in L 2 .

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Boulkhemair, Abdesslam. "On the Fefferman-Phong inequality." Annales de l’institut Fourier 58.4 (2008): 1093-1115. <http://eudml.org/doc/10343>.

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affiliation = {Université de Nantes Laboratoire de Mathématiques Jean Leray CNRS UMR6629 2, rue de la Houssinière BP 92208 44322 Nantes (France)},
author = {Boulkhemair, Abdesslam},
journal = {Annales de l’institut Fourier},
keywords = {Fefferman-Phong inequality; Gårding inequality; symbol; $S^m_\{\varrho ,\delta \}$; pseudodifferential operator; Weyl quantization; Wick quantization; semi-boundedness; $L^2$ boundedness; algebra of symbols; uniformly local Sobolev space; Hölder space; semi-classical; Weyl-Hörmander class; boundedness},
language = {eng},
number = {4},
pages = {1093-1115},
publisher = {Association des Annales de l’institut Fourier},
title = {On the Fefferman-Phong inequality},
url = {http://eudml.org/doc/10343},
volume = {58},
year = {2008},
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AB - We show that the number of derivatives of a non negative 2-order symbol needed to establish the classical Fefferman-Phong inequality is bounded by ${n\over 2}+4+\epsilon $ improving thus the bound $2n+4+\epsilon $ obtained recently by N. Lerner and Y. Morimoto. In the case of symbols of type $S^0_{0,0}$, we show that this number is bounded by $n+4+\epsilon $; more precisely, for a non negative symbol $a$, the Fefferman-Phong inequality holds if $\partial _x^\alpha \partial _\xi ^\beta a(x,\xi )$ are bounded for, roughly, $4\le |\alpha |+|\beta |\le n+4+\epsilon $. To obtain such results and others, we first prove an abstract result which says that the Fefferman-Phong inequality for a non negative symbol $a$ holds whenever all fourth partial derivatives of $a$ are in an algebra ${\mathcal{A}}$ of bounded functions on the phase space, which satisfies essentially two assumptions : ${\mathcal{A}}$ is, roughly, translation invariant and the operators associated to symbols in ${\mathcal{A}}$ are bounded in $L^2$.
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