Armstrong–Silvestre–Smart's optimal exponent conjecture for viscosity supersolutions

Let λΛ\lambda\leq\Lambda be positive constants, and let ε\varepsilon be the exponent in the W2,εW^{2,\varepsilon} estimate for viscosity supersolutions of

Mλ,Λ(D2u)0\mathcal{M}^{-}_{\lambda,\Lambda}(D^2u)\leq 0

in B1RnB_1\subset\mathbb{R}^n, namely the estimate asserting that

{xB1/2:Θ(u,B1)(x)>t}Ctε.\left|\left\{x\in B_{1/2}:\underline\Theta(u,B_1)(x)>t\right\}\right|\leq Ct^{-\varepsilon}.

Armstrong–Silvestre–Smart's conjecture. The optimal exponent in this estimate is

ε=2(Λ/λ+1)1.\varepsilon=2(\Lambda/\lambda+1)^{-1}.

An explicit example shows that the exponent cannot be larger than this value, so the conjecture asserts sharpness of the known upper bound for the decay exponent. Its resolution is not specified in the supplied text.

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Primary source

Nam Q. Le, “Polynomial decay in W^2, estimates for viscosity supersolutions of fully nonlinear elliptic equations”, arXiv:1805.08135 (2018).

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