We give a sufficient condition on a Lévy measure$μ$which ensures that the generator$L$of the corresponding pure jump Lévy process is (locally) hypoelliptic, i.e., $\mathop {\mathrm {sing\,supp}}u\subseteq \mathop {\mathrm {sing\,supp}}Lu$ for all admissible$u$. In particular, we assume that $\mu|_{\mathbb {R}^{d}\setminus \{0\}}\in C^{\infty}(\mathbb {R}^{d}\setminus \{0\})$ . We also show that this condition is necessary provided that $\mathop {\mathrm {supp}}\mu$ is compact.

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Let$X$be a smooth$n$-dimensional projective variety embedded in some projective space ℙ^{$N$}over the field ℂ of the complex numbers. Associated with the general projection of$X$to a space ℙ^{$N$-$m$}($N$-$m$>$n$+1) one defines an extended Gauss map $\overline{\gamma}\colon\overline{X}\rightarrow\text{Gr}(n;N-m)$ (in case$N$-$m$>2$n$-1 this is the Gauss map of the image of$X$under the projection). We prove that $\overline{X}$ is smooth. In case any two different points of$X$do have disjoint tangent spaces then we prove that $\overline{\gamma}$ is injective.

In [$Rong$, F., Quasi-parabolic analytic transformations of$C$^{$n$},$J. Math. Anal. Appl.$$343$(2008), 99–109], we showed the existence of “parabolic curves” for certain quasi-parabolic analytic transformations of$C$^{$n$}. Under some extra assumptions, we show the existence of “parabolic manifolds” for such transformations.