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On the positivstellensatz in Weyl's algebra

Author(s): Joules Nahas
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 138 (2010), 987-995.
MSC (2010): Primary 47L80
Posted: October 21, 2009
MathSciNet review: 2566565
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Abstract: We use harmonic analysis tools on the Heisenberg group to prove decay and regularity properties for a certain class of partial differential equations. These properties allow us to relax a technical condition for a sum of squares decomposition for the Weyl algebra.


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Additional Information:

Joules Nahas
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of California Santa Barbara, South Hall 6607, Santa Barbara, California 93106
Email: nahas@math.uesb.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-09-10114-4
PII: S 0002-9939(09)10114-4
Received by editor(s): October 10, 2008,
Received by editor(s) in revised form: November 9, 2008, and July 8, 2009
Posted: October 21, 2009
Communicated by: Nigel J. Kalton
Copyright of article: Copyright 2009, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.




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