Filtered Calculus and crossed products by R-actions

Abstract

We show an isomorphism between the kernel of the C*-algebra of the tangent groupoid of a filtered manifold and the crossed product of the order 0 pseudodifferential operators in the associated filtered calculus by a natural R-action. This isomorphism is constructed in the same way as in the classical pseudodifferential calculus by Debord and Skandalis. The proof however relies on a structure result for the C*-algebra of graded nilpotent Lie groups which did not appear in the commutative case. A consequence of this structure result is a decomposition of the principal symbol algebra, generalizing the decomposition of Epstein and Melrose in the case of contact manifolds.

arXiv commentStructure of the paper rearranged. New section extending the spectrum decompositions to families of groups. Some changes in the notations and proofs to improve readability