Solvability of dissipative second order left-invariant differential operators on the Heisenberg group

Abstract

We prove local solvability for large classes of operators of the form $$L=\sum _{j,k=1}^{2n}{a}_{jk}{V}_j{V}_k+i\alpha U,$$ where the $V_j$ are left-invariant vector fields on the Heisenberg group satisfying the commutation relations $[V_j,V_{j+n}]=U$ for $1\le j\le n$, and where $A=(a_{jk})$ is a complex symmetric matrix with semi-definite real part. Our results widely extend all of the results for the case of non-real, semi-definite matrices $A$ known to date, in particular those obtained recently jointly with F. Ricci under Sjöstrand's cone condition.

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