METAPLECTIC REPRESENTATION, CONLEY–ZEHNDER INDEX, AND WEYL CALCULUS ON PHASE SPACE

Abstract

We define and study a metaplectically covariant class of pseudo-differential operators acting on functions on symplectic space and generalizing a modified form of the usual Weyl calculus. This construction requires a precise calculation of the twisted Weyl symbol of a class of generators of the metaplectic group and the use of a Conley–Zehnder type index for symplectic paths, defined without restrictions on the endpoint. Our calculus is related to the usual Weyl calculus using a family of isometries of L2(ℝn) on closed subspaces of L2(ℝ2n) and to an irreducible representation of the Heisenberg algebra distinct from the usual Schrödinger representation.