Characteristic variety
In mathematical analysis, the characteristic variety of a microdifferential operator P is an algebraic variety that is the zero set of the principal symbol of P in the cotangent bundle. It is invariant under a quantized contact transformation.
The notion is also defined more generally in commutative algebra. A basic theorem says a characteristic variety is involutive.
References
- M. Sato, T. Kawai, and M. Kashiwara: Microfunctions and Pseudo-differential Equations. Lecture note in Math., No. 287, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York, pp. 265–529 (1973)
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