[step:Locate the stationary set and bound the wave front set by nonstationary phase]We show
\begin{align*}
\operatorname{WF}(u) \subset \lambda_\phi\big(C_\phi \cap \operatorname{supp} a\big).
\end{align*}
Let $(x_1,\xi_1) \in (T^*U \setminus 0)$ with $(x_1,\xi_1) \notin \lambda_\phi(C_\phi \cap \operatorname{supp} a)$; we prove $(x_1,\xi_1) \notin \operatorname{WF}(u)$.
Choose $\psi \in C_c^\infty(U)$ with $\psi \equiv 1$ near $x_1$ and support in a small ball, and a closed conic neighbourhood $V \subset \mathbb{R}^n \setminus 0$ of $\xi_1$. Using the symmetric Fourier convention, for $\xi \in \mathbb{R}^n$,
\begin{align*}
\widehat{\psi u}(\xi) = (2\pi)^{-n/2}\int_U \int_{\mathbb{R}^N} e^{i\Phi(x,\theta;\xi)}\, \psi(x)\, a(x,\theta)\, d\mathcal{L}^N(\theta)\, d\mathcal{L}^n(x), \qquad \Phi(x,\theta;\xi) := \phi(x,\theta) - x\cdot\xi,
\end{align*}
the integral interpreted as the regularized oscillatory integral of the previous step.
*Stationary set.* The total phase $\Phi$ is stationary in $(x,\theta)$ precisely where
\begin{align*}
d_\theta\Phi = d_\theta\phi(x,\theta) = 0 \qquad\text{and}\qquad d_x\Phi = d_x\phi(x,\theta) - \xi = 0.
\end{align*}
The first equation says $(x,\theta) \in C_\phi$; the second says $\xi = d_x\phi(x,\theta)$. Together they say $(x,\xi) = \lambda_\phi(x,\theta)$ for some $(x,\theta) \in C_\phi$, i.e. $(x,\xi) \in \lambda_\phi(C_\phi)$.
*Nonstationarity off the parametrized set.* Since $(x_1,\xi_1) \notin \lambda_\phi(C_\phi \cap \operatorname{supp} a)$ and $\lambda_\phi(C_\phi \cap \operatorname{supp} a)$ is a closed conic set (the image of the closed conic $C_\phi \cap \operatorname{supp} a$ under the proper, homogeneous map $\lambda_\phi$), we may shrink $\psi$ and $V$ so that for $x \in \operatorname{supp}\psi$, $\theta \in \mathbb{R}^N$ with $(x,\theta) \in \operatorname{supp} a$, and $\xi \in V$ there is no common stationary point; quantitatively, by homogeneity there exist $c_1 > 0$ and a conic neighbourhood such that
\begin{align*}
|d_{x,\theta}\Phi(x,\theta;\xi)| = |d_x\phi(x,\theta) - \xi| + |d_\theta\phi(x,\theta)| \gtrsim |\xi| + |\theta|
\end{align*}
on the relevant support, with the implicit constant depending only on $\phi$, $\psi$, and $V$.
*Rapid decay.* Apply the [Non-Stationary Phase Lemma](/theorems/635): on the region where $|d_{x,\theta}\Phi| \gtrsim |\xi| + |\theta|$, repeated [integration by parts](/theorems/2098) with the transpose of
\begin{align*}
\widetilde{L} := \frac{1}{i\,|d_{x,\theta}\Phi|^2}\, \overline{d_{x,\theta}\Phi} \cdot \nabla_{x,\theta}, \qquad \widetilde{L}\,e^{i\Phi} = e^{i\Phi},
\end{align*}
yields, for every $M \in \mathbb{N}$, a constant $C_M > 0$ with
\begin{align*}
|\widehat{\psi u}(\xi)| \le C_M\,(1+|\xi|)^{-M} \qquad (\xi \in V).
\end{align*}
The classical symbol estimates $|\partial_x^\beta \partial_\theta^\gamma a(x,\theta)| \le C_{\beta\gamma}(1+|\theta|)^{m-|\gamma|}$ control the amplitude factors produced by each integration by parts, and the gradient lower bound makes the resulting series of terms summable; this is precisely the microlocal estimate recorded in [citetheorem:8200], whose hypotheses — $\phi$ smooth, real, homogeneous of degree $1$ in $\theta$, with $d_{x,\theta}\phi \neq 0$ on $\operatorname{supp} a$, and $a \in S^m_{\mathrm{cl}}$ — were all verified above.
Therefore $(x_1,\xi_1) \notin \operatorname{WF}(u)$. Since $(x_1,\xi_1)$ was an arbitrary point outside $\lambda_\phi(C_\phi \cap \operatorname{supp} a)$, we conclude $\operatorname{WF}(u) \subset \lambda_\phi(C_\phi \cap \operatorname{supp} a)$. Because $\phi$ parametrizes $N^*S$, the right-hand side is contained in $N^*S \setminus 0$, so $\operatorname{WF}(u) \subset N^*S \setminus 0$.
*Smoothness off $S$.* By the [Projection of the Wave Front Set Equals the Singular Support](#) (same-run [citetheorem:8162]), $\operatorname{sing\,supp}(u) = \pi(\operatorname{WF}(u)) \subset \pi(N^*S \setminus 0) = S$, where $\pi: T^*X \setminus 0 \to X$ is the base projection. Hence $u$ is smooth on $U \setminus S$.[/step]