Research

My primary research interest is microlocal analysis of PDE.

• Semiclassical second microlocalization at linear coisotropic submanifolds in the torus, accepted. (abstract, arXiv:1702.07420)

Abstract: We develop a semiclassical second microlocal calculus of pseudodifferential operators associated to linear coisotropic submanifolds \(\mathcal{C}\subset T^* \mathbb{T}^n\). First microlocalization is localization in phase space \(T^* \mathbb{T}^n\); second microlocalization is finer localization near a submanifold of \(T^* \mathbb{T}^n\). Our second microlocal operators test distributions on \(\mathbb{T}^n\) (e.g., Laplace eigenfunctions) for a coisotropic wavefront set, a second microlocal measure of absence of coisotropic regularity. This wavefront set tells us where, in the coisotropic, and in what directions, approaching the coisotropic, a distribution lacks coisotropic regularity.

We prove propagation theorems for coisotropic wavefront that are analogous to Hörmander's theorem for pseudodifferential operators of real principal type. Furthermore, we study the propagation of coisotropic regularity for quasimodes of semiclassical pseudodifferential operators. We Taylor expand the relevant Hamiltonian vector field, partially in the characteristic variables, at the spherical normal bundle of the coisotropic. Provided the principal symbol is real valued and depends only on the fiber variables in the cotangent bundle, and the subprincipal symbol vanishes, we show that coisotropic wavefront is invariant under the first two terms of this expansion. (hide abstract)

Other original work:

• Classification of linear coisotropic submanifolds. (abstract, PDF)

Abstract: We consider linear coisotropics in \(T^* \mathbb{T}^n\), which are coisotropic submanifolds defined by linear relationships among the fiber variables. Let \(\mathcal{C}\) be any linear coisotropic. We show that, up to linear symplectic equivalence and after projection to \(\mathbb{T}^n\), \(\mathcal{C}\) may be foliated by standard subtori \(\mathbb{T}^k\times\mathtt{point}\). (hide abstract)

• Nested coisotropics and second microlocalization. (work in progress) (abstract, PDF)

Abstract: Our first goal is to understand the relationship between second microlocal pseudodifferential calculi \(\Psi_{2,h}(\mathcal{C}_1)\), \(\Psi_{2,h}(\mathcal{C}_2)\) associated with nested coisotropic submanifolds \(\mathcal{C}_2\subset\mathcal{C}_1\). Then we consider the relationship between the corresponding second wavefront sets: \({}^2 \mathrm{WF}_{\mathcal{C}_1}\subset SN(\mathcal{C}_1)\), \({}^2 \mathrm{WF}_{\mathcal{C}_2}\subset SN(\mathcal{C}_2)\). (hide abstract)

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