Pseudodifferential methods are central to the study of partial differential equations, because they permit an "algebraization." The main purpose of this book is to set up an operational calculus for operators defined from differential and pseudodifferential boundary values problems via a resolvent construction. A secondary purposed is to give a complete treatment of the properties of the calculus of pseudodifferential boundary problems with transmission, both the first version by Boutet de Monvel (brought completely up to date in this edition) and in version containing a parameter running in an unbounded set. And finally, the book presents some applications to evolution problems, index theory, fractional powers, spectral theory and singular perturbation theory. Thus the book’s improved proofs and modern points of view will be useful to research mathematicians and to graduate students studying partial differential equations and pseudodifferential operators.

CHAPTER 1. STANDARD PSEUDO-DIFFERENTIAL BOUNDARY PROBLEMS AND THEIR REALIZATIONS 1. 1 Introductory remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 1. 2 The calculus of pseudo-differential boundary problems . . •. 19 1. 3 Green's formula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 1. 4 Realizations and normal boundary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 1. 5 Parameter-ellipticity and parabolicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 1. 6 Adjoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 1. 7 Semiboundedness and coerciveness . . . . . . . . •. . . . . . . . . . . •. . . . 96 CHAPTER 2. THE CALCULUS OF PARAMETER-DEPENDENT OPERATORS 2. 1 Parameter-dependent pseudo-differential operators . . •. . . . . 125 2. 2 The transmission property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 2. 3 Parameter-dependent boundary symbol s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 2. 4 Operators and kernels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 2. 5 Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 2. 6 Composition of xn-independent boundary symbol operators . . 234 2. 7 Compositions in general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 2. 8 Strictly homogeneous symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 CHAPTER 3. PARAMETRIX AND RESOLVENT CONSTRUCTIONS 3. 1 Ellipticity. Auxiliary elliptic operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 3. 2 The parametrix construction . . . . . . . . . . •. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 3. 3 The resolvent of a realization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 3. 4 Other special cases . . . . . . •. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 CHAPTER 4. SOME APPLICATIONS 4. 1 Evolution problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359 4. 2 The heat operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 4. 3 An index formula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395 4. 4 Complex powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 4. 5 Spectral asymptotics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 4. 6 Implicit eigenvalue problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . •. . . . . 437 4. 7 Singular perturbations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449 APPENDIX. VARIOUS PREREQUISITES (A. 1 General notation. A. 2 Functions and distributions. A. 3 Sobolev spaces. A. 4 Spaces over sub sets of mn. A. 5 Spaces over manifolds. A. 6 Notions from 473 spectral theory. ) '" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . •. . . . . . . •. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . •. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497 INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

CHAPTER 1. STANDARD PSEUDO-DIFFERENTIAL BOUNDARY PROBLEMS AND THEIR REALIZATIONS 1. 1 Introductory remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 1. 2 The calculus of pseudo-differential boundary problems . . •. 19 1. 3 Green's formula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 1. 4 Realizations and normal boundary conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 1. 5 Parameter-ellipticity and parabolicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 1. 6 Adjoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 1. 7 Semiboundedness and coerciveness . . . . . . . . •. . . . . . . . . . . •. . . . 96 CHAPTER 2. THE CALCULUS OF PARAMETER-DEPENDENT OPERATORS 2. 1 Parameter-dependent pseudo-differential operators . . •. . . . . 125 2. 2 The transmission property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 2. 3 Parameter-dependent boundary symbol s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 2. 4 Operators and kernels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 2. 5 Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 2. 6 Composition of xn-independent boundary symbol operators . . 234 2. 7 Compositions in general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 2. 8 Strictly homogeneous symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 CHAPTER 3. PARAMETRIX AND RESOLVENT CONSTRUCTIONS 3. 1 Ellipticity. Auxiliary elliptic operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 3. 2 The parametrix construction . . . . . . . . . . •. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 3. 3 The resolvent of a realization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 3. 4 Other special cases . . . . . . •. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 CHAPTER 4. SOME APPLICATIONS 4. 1 Evolution problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359 4. 2 The heat operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 4. 3 An index formula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395 4. 4 Complex powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 4. 5 Spectral asymptotics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 4. 6 Implicit eigenvalue problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . •. . . . . 437 4. 7 Singular perturbations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449 APPENDIX. VARIOUS PREREQUISITES (A. 1 General notation. A. 2 Functions and distributions. A. 3 Sobolev spaces. A. 4 Spaces over sub sets of mn. A. 5 Spaces over manifolds. A. 6 Notions from 473 spectral theory. ) '" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . •. . . . . . . •. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . •. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497 INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The numerous applications of partial differential equations to problems in physics, mechanics, and engineering keep the subject an extremely active and vital area of research. With the number of researchers working in the field, advances-large and small-come frequently. Therefore, it is essential that mathematicians working in partial differential equations and applied mathematics keep abreast of new developments. Progress in Partial Differential Equations, presents some of the latest research in this important field. Both volumes contain the lectures and papers of top international researchers contributed at the Third European Conference on Elliptic and Parabolic Problems. In addition to the general theory of elliptic and parabolic problems, the topics covered at the conference include: applications free boundary problems fluid mechanics general evolution problems ocalculus of variations homogenization modeling numerical analysis The research notes in these volumes offer a valuable update on the state-of-the-art in this important field of mathematics.