Operator Algebras Associated with Quantized Canonical Transformations (Symmetry and Singularity of Geometric Structures and Differential Equations)

Abstract

We review an approach to the index theory of operator algebras associated with Lie groups of quantized canonical transformations. Main points are an ellipticity condition ensuring the Fredholm property, the definition of localized algebraic and analytic indices and the proof of their equality. This framework encompasses many well-known index problems, such as the classical theory on closed manifold, the Atiyah-Weinstein problem and the index theory for operators with shifts.