Hypoellipticity on time-periodic space-times

Abstract

We study the hypoellipticity of operators on a product type Lorentzian manifold where the time variable is periodic. In particular, we prove that hypoellipticity holds for such time-periodic equations, with a stronger estimate when the mass parameter or time period lies outside a set of arbitrarily small measure. We consider both compact and noncompact spatial manifolds and provide explicit examples involving the wave operator. The proof relies on a Fourier series decomposition and asymptotics for eigenvalue counting functions.

15 pages