L2L^2 weak decoupling conjecture for the sphere and paraboloid

Let Pn1={(ξ1,,ξn1,ξ12++ξn12):ξi1/2}P^{n-1}=\{(\xi_1,\ldots,\xi_{n-1},\xi_1^2+\cdots+\xi_{n-1}^2):|\xi_i|\le 1/2\}, let SS be either Pn1P^{n-1} or Sn1S^{n-1}, and let Nδ{\mathcal N}_\delta be the δ\delta-neighborhood of Pn1P^{n-1} with Pδ{\mathcal P}_\delta the corresponding finitely overlapping cover by curved regions; for the sphere, use the analogous decomposition. If supp(f^)Nδ\operatorname{supp}(\widehat f)\subset\mathcal N_\delta and fθf_\theta denotes the Fourier restriction of ff to θ\theta, then L2L^2 weak decoupling conjecture. For p2(n+1)n1p\ge\frac{2(n+1)}{n-1} and ϵ>0\epsilon>0,

fpϵδn14+n+12pϵ(θPδfθp2)1/2,\|f\|_p\lesssim_\epsilon \delta^{-\frac{n-1}{4}+\frac{n+1}{2p}-\epsilon}\left(\sum_{\theta\in\mathcal P_\delta}\|f_\theta\|_p^2\right)^{1/2},

while for 2p2(n+1)n12\le p\le\frac{2(n+1)}{n-1},

fpϵδϵ(θPδfθp2)1/2.\|f\|_p\lesssim_\epsilon \delta^{-\epsilon}\left(\sum_{\theta\in\mathcal P_\delta}\|f_\theta\|_p^2\right)^{1/2}.

The estimate would imply both the supercritical and subcritical discrete restriction estimates at the critical index; the source notes that the subcritical loss is known to be removable in some low-dimensional cases but regards the general question as extremely difficult.

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Ciprian Demeter, “Incidence theory and restriction estimates”, arXiv:1401.1873 (2014).

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