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Hypoellipticity for a class of operators with multiple characteristics

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We study C ∞ and analytic hypoellipticity for an invariant class of operators with multiple characteristics, which generalize the Gilioli-Treves model.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Bologna, Piazza di Porta S. Donato 5, 40127, Bologna, Italy

    Marco Mughetti

  2. Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Torino, Italy

    Fabio Nicola

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Mughetti, M., Nicola, F. Hypoellipticity for a class of operators with multiple characteristics. J Anal Math 103, 377–396 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11854-008-0012-x

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