Euclidean local smoothing conjecture for wave equations

Suppose M=RdM=\mathbb R^d has the flat metric, uu solves the Cauchy problem

(t2Δg)u(x,t)=0,u(0,x)=u0(x),tu(x,0)=u1(x),(\partial_t^2-\Delta_g)u(x,t)=0,\qquad u(0,x)=u_0(x),\qquad \partial_tu(x,0)=u_1(x),

and define sp=d12d1ps_p=\frac{d-1}{2}-\frac{d-1}{p} and pd=2dd1p_d=\frac{2d}{d-1}. Euclidean local smoothing conjecture. For every ppdp\ge p_d and every σ<1p\sigma<\frac1p, there is a constant CσC_\sigma such that

uLp(Rd×[1,2])Cσ(u0Lspσp(Rd)+u1Lsp1σp(Rd)).\|u\|_{L^p(\mathbb R^d\times[1,2])}\le C_\sigma\left(\|u_0\|_{L^p_{s_p-\sigma}(\mathbb R^d)}+\|u_1\|_{L^p_{s_p-1-\sigma}(\mathbb R^d)}\right).

Here the parameter sps_p is the fixed-time regularity order, so the assertion is a gain of σ<1/p\sigma<1/p derivatives from integration in time. The conjecture was verified in dimension d=2d=2 by Guth, Wang, and Zhang, while it implies major open problems in higher dimensions.

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Chuanwei Gao, Bochen Liu, Changxing Miao and Yakun Xi, “Square function estimates and Local smoothing for Fourier Integral Operators”, arXiv:2010.14390 (2023).

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