Critical-threshold conjecture for equivariant wave-map blowup

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For d∈{3,4,5,6}d\in\{3,4,5,6\}, let f1(y)f_1(y) be the unique self-similar solution with exactly one unstable mode. The stable manifold of f1f_1 is a codimension-one subset of the phase space of initial data.

Critical-threshold conjecture. For d∈{3,4,5,6}d\in\{3,4,5,6\}, the threshold of blowup is given by the codimension-one stable manifold of the self-similar solution f1f_1.

This conjecture identifies the threshold separating different dynamical behaviors with the stable manifold of the one-unstable-mode self-similar profile. The source presents f1f_1 as the expected critical solution and supports the claim with numerical spectral computations, but gives no proof.

References

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Paweł Biernat, Piotr Bizoń and Maciej Maliborski, “Threshold for blowup for equivariant wave maps in higher dimensions”, arXiv:1608.07707 (2016).

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