Boutet de Monvel's conjecture on complexified Hamiltonian flows and Poisson kernels

Let MM be a real-analytic manifold with complexification MCM_\mathbb{C}, let d>0d>0, and let PΨphgd(M)P\in \Psi_{\operatorname{phg}}^d(M) be analytic with positive classical principal symbol pp. Assume that PP is formally self-adjoint and elliptic, that pTM0>0p|_{T^*M\setminus 0}>0, and that the sets

{ξTxMp(x,ξ)1/d1}\{\xi\in T_x^*M\mid p(x,\xi)^{1/d}\leq 1\}

are strictly convex for all xMx\in M. Let φt\varphi_t be the homogeneous Hamiltonian flow generated by p1/dp^{1/d}, extended holomorphically for sufficiently small complex tt, and let PϵP_\epsilon be the Schwartz kernel of eϵP1/de^{-\epsilon P^{1/d}}. Define

Φx(ξ)=(πxφip(x,ξ)1/d)(x,ξ),\Phi_x(\xi)=(\pi_x\varphi_{i p(x,\xi)^{1/d}})(x,\xi),

for (x,ξ)BϵM0(x,\xi)\in B_\epsilon^*M\setminus 0, where

BϵM={(x,ξ)TMp(x,ξ)1/d<ϵ}.B_\epsilon^*M=\{(x,\xi)\in T^*M\mid p(x,\xi)^{1/d}<\epsilon\}.

Boutet de Monvel's conjecture. There is a maximal ϵ0>0\epsilon_0>0 such that, for every ϵ(0,ϵ0)\epsilon\in(0,\epsilon_0), the extended flows define a real-analytic diffeomorphism

Φ:BϵM0MϵΦMMC,(x,ξ)Φx(ξ),\Phi:B_\epsilon^*M\setminus 0\longrightarrow M_\epsilon^\Phi\setminus M\subset M_\mathbb{C},\qquad (x,\xi)\longmapsto\Phi_x(\xi),

where MϵΦM_\epsilon^\Phi is an open strictly pseudoconvex set in MCM_\mathbb{C} with orientable CωC^\omega boundary MϵΦ\partial M_\epsilon^\Phi. Moreover, there is a maximal ϵ0(0,ϵ0]\epsilon_0'\in(0,\epsilon_0] such that, for every ϵ(0,ϵ0)\epsilon\in(0,\epsilon_0'), the map xPϵ(x,y)x\mapsto P_\epsilon(x,y) extends holomorphically to MϵΦM_\epsilon^\Phi for each fixed yMy\in M, the restriction PϵMϵΦ×MP_\epsilon|_{\partial M_\epsilon^\Phi\times M} induces a complex-phase PHG Fourier integral operator SϵS_\epsilon of order (n1)/4-(n-1)/4, and

Sϵ:Hs(M)Os+(n1)/4(MϵΦ)S_\epsilon:H^s(M)\longrightarrow\mathcal{O}^{s+(n-1)/4}(\partial M_\epsilon^\Phi)

is a homeomorphism for every sRs\in\mathbb{R}. The strict pseudoconvexity also implies that MϵΦM_\epsilon^\Phi admits a Kähler metric with a global potential. This conjecture generalizes the result known for P=ΔgP=\sqrt{-\Delta_g}; its general validity was stated by Boutet de Monvel but remains unproved.

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Primary source

David Scott Winterrose, “Algebras of pseudo-differential operators acting on holomorphic Sobolev spaces”, arXiv:2110.09389 (2023).

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