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Almost hypoelliptic differential operators with variable coefficients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Robert J. Elliott
Affiliation:
Mathematical Institute, Oxford

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We have called a linear partial differential operator P almost hypoelliptic in some of the variables if the distribution u is strongly regular in those variables in every open subset where this is true of Pu. In an earlier paper (l) we have characterised almost hypoelliptic operators with constant coefficients. Following techniques of Hörmander (2) and Yoshikawa(5) we obtain in this paper some a priori inequalities for almost hypoelliptic operators and derive results about the solvability of the adjoint operator P*. Our notation for various standard distribution spaces and multi-indices follows Hörmander (2).

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1970

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