Signature-refined local smoothing conjecture for Fourier integral operators

Let F\mathcal{F} be a Fourier integral operator on Rn×[1,2]\mathbb{R}^n\times[1,2] with symbol of order μ\mu, satisfying H1) and H2). Suppose that each associated cone has signature κ\kappa, meaning that the absolute difference between the numbers of positive and negative principal curvatures is κ\kappa, where 0κn10\leq\kappa\leq n-1. Define

pˉn,κ={2κ+2(n+1)κ+2(n1),n odd,2κ+2n+3κ+2n1,n even.\bar{p}_{n,\kappa}=\begin{cases}2\,\frac{\kappa+2(n+1)}{\kappa+2(n-1)},&n\text{ odd},\\[8pt]2\,\frac{\kappa+2n+3}{\kappa+2n-1},&n\text{ even}. \end{cases}

Signature-refined local smoothing conjecture. There is 1/p1/p- local smoothing for F\mathcal{F}, meaning that the local smoothing estimate holds for every σ<1/p\sigma<1/p, for all pˉn,κp<\bar{p}_{n,\kappa}\leq p<\infty. The conjecture refines the general FIO threshold according to the signature of the cone; the supplied text presents it as a conjectural consequence of modified Bourgain examples, with no resolution stated.

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David Beltran, Jonathan Hickman and Christopher D. Sogge, “Sharp local smoothing estimates for Fourier integral operators”, arXiv:1812.11616 (2019).

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