Weyl's laws and Connes' Trace Theorem for operator-valued pseudo-differential operators
Abstract
We investigate the spectral asymptotic behavior of operator-valued classical pseudo-differential operators (DOs) for negative order with symbols taking values in a semifinite von Neumann algebran equipped with a normal semifinite faithful trace. Within the framework of Connes' noncommutative geometry, we extend Connes' trace theorem to this operator-valued (type II) setting. Our main results are as follows: (i) a symbolic characterization of complex powers for operator-valued elliptic DOs, extending Seeley's classical construction; (ii) a trace formula for localized Riemann -functions that links the spectral residues of operator-valued elliptic operators to their principal symbols, thereby providing an operator-valued extension of the Connes--Wodzicki residue; (iii) Weyl's law for right-compactly supported operator-valued classical DOs of arbitrary negative order, which yields a direct spectral proof of the noncommutative integral that bypasses the use of Dixmier traces; (iv) Weyl's law for operator-valued commutators of certain Fourier multipliers with multiplication operators.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2605.19239,
title = {Weyl's laws and Connes' Trace Theorem for operator-valued pseudo-differential operators},
author = {Edward McDonald and Xiao Xiong and Xinyu Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.19239},
year = {2026}
}