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Resolvent Estimates for Non-Selfadjoint Operators via Semigroups

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We consider a non-selfadjoint h-pseudodifferential operator P in the semiclassical limit (h → 0). If p is the leading symbol, then under suitable assumptions about the behavior of p at infinity, we know that the resolvent (z–P)–1 is uniformly bounded for z in any compact set not intersecting the closure of the range of p. Under a subellipticity condition, we show that the resolvent extends locally inside the range up to a distance \(\mathcal{O}(1)((h\ln \frac{1}{h})^{k/(k + 1)} )\) from certain boundary points, where \(k \in \{ 2,4, \ldots \} \). This is a slight improvement of a result by Dencker, Zworski, and the author, and it was recently obtained by W. Bordeaux Montrieux in a model situation where k = 2. The method of proof is different from the one of Dencker et al, and is based on estimates of an associated semigroup.