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Therefore, if we choose N such that 2mN −m ≥ µM +mN , that is, N ≥ +µM /m, 6. 2 tell us that h−(M +1) [g(P˜ ), Π(M ) ] is a twisted h-admissible operator, and the result follows. • We set, ˜ g := Π(g) + Π(g)∗ − 1 (g(P˜ ))Π(g)∗ + Π(g)g(P˜ )) + (1 − g(P˜ ))Π ˜ 0 (1 − g(P˜ )). 28) ˜g − Π ˜0 Π L(L2 (IRn ;H)) ˜2 − Π ˜g + Π g L(L2 (IRn ;H)) = O(h). 29) ˜ g = P˜ P˜ Π ˜ 0 (1 − g(P˜ )) Π(g) + (1 − g(P˜ )) Π(g) + Π ≥ 0, + O(h∞ ). 30) ˜ g] P˜ [f (P˜ ), Π L(L2 (IRn ;H)) = O(h∞ ). 32) ˜2 − Π ˜ g )f (P˜ ) = O(h∞ ).

1, we obtain, Uj ψj e−itP/h ϕ0 = ψj f (P˜j )Uj χj e−itP/h ϕ0 + O(h∞ ), with P˜j = Uj χj P˜ Uj−1 χj . 2, ρ(ω)Uj ψj e−itP/h ϕ0 = O(h∞ ). 7) F S(Uj e−itP/h ϕ0 ) ∩ T ∗ Ωj ⊂ exp tHa0 (K(f )) ∩ T ∗ Ωj , for all t ≥ 0. Then, for any j ∈ {0, 1, . . , r}, ψj , ψ˜j ∈ C0∞ (Ωj ) with ψ˜j ψj = ψj , and any α ∈ C0∞ (IRn ), we write, Uj ψj e−itP/h ϕ0 = α(hDx )ψ˜j (x)Uj ψj e−itP/h ϕ0 + (1 − α(hDx ))Uj ψj e−itP/h ϕ0 , and therefore, if α(ξ) = 1 in a sufficiently large compact set, Uj ψj e−itP/h ϕ0 = α(hDx )ψ˜j (x)Uj ψj e−itP/h ϕ0 + O(h∞ ).

Let A be a U-twisted PDO on L2 (IRn ; H) of degree µ, where U is the regular covering defined in Chapter 2. Then, for any integers k, such that k + ≥ µ/m, the operator (P˜ +i)−k A(P˜ +i)− is a U-twisted h-admissible operator. Proof – We first consider the case k = 0. ,r is an arbitrary partition of unity with χν ∈ Cd∞ (Ων ), χ ˜ ν (x) + ζ(x)W (x). 3. Let j ∈ {0, . . , r} and ψj ∈ Cd∞ (Ωj ) be fixed. ,r of IRn with χν ∈ Cd∞ (Ων ), and there exists χ ∞ χ ˜ χ χ χ ˜ χ Cd (Ων ) with ν ν = ν (ν = 0, . .

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