Global hypoellipticity for a class of complex-valued evolution equations on compact Lie groups

Abstract

We present necessary and sufficient conditions to have global hypoellipticity for a class of complex-valued coefficient first order evolution equations defined on ${\mathbb{T}}^1\times G$, where $G$ is a compact Lie group. First, we show that the global hypoellipticity of the constant coefficient operator related to this operator is a necessary condition, but not a sufficient condition. Under certain hypothesis, we show that the global hypoellipticity of this class of operator is completely characterized by Nirenberg-Treves' condition $(\mathcal{P})$.

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