Conjecture on the Hausdorff dimensions of KPZ fixed-point non-uniqueness times

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Let h0h_0 be an initial condition such that the KPZ fixed point h=h(⋅;h0)\mathfrak{h}=\mathfrak{h}(\cdot;h_0) attains a maximum at every time t>0t>0 almost surely. Define

arg⁡ max⁡⁡ht={y∈R:max⁡x∈Rht(x)=ht(y)}.\operatorname*{\arg\,\max}\mathfrak{h}_t=\{y\in\mathbb{R}:\max_{x\in\mathbb{R}}\mathfrak{h}_t(x)=\mathfrak{h}_t(y)\}.

For k∈Nk\in\mathbb{N}, define the non-uniqueness times

Tk(h0)={t∈(0,∞):∣arg⁡ max⁡⁡ht∣=k},T≥k(h0)={t∈(0,∞):∣arg⁡ max⁡⁡ht∣≥k}.\mathcal{T}_k(h_0)=\{t\in(0,\infty):|\operatorname*{\arg\,\max}\mathfrak{h}_t|=k\},\qquad \mathcal{T}_{\geq k}(h_0)=\{t\in(0,\infty):|\operatorname*{\arg\,\max}\mathfrak{h}_t|\geq k\}.

Here dim⁡\dim denotes Hausdorff dimension.

Non-uniqueness-times conjecture. For nice enough initial conditions h0h_0, almost surely T≥2(h0)\mathcal{T}_{\geq2}(h_0) is dense in [0,∞)[0,\infty), T≥5(h0)\mathcal{T}_{\geq5}(h_0) is empty, and

dim⁡T2(h0)=23,dim⁡T3(h0)=13,dim⁡T4(h0)=0.\dim\mathcal{T}_2(h_0)=\frac{2}{3},\qquad \dim\mathcal{T}_3(h_0)=\frac{1}{3},\qquad \dim\mathcal{T}_4(h_0)=0.

Earlier work established Hausdorff dimension 2/32/3 for the set of times with at least two maximizers under suitable assumptions, including the narrow-wedge case. The conjecture refines that result by predicting density, the impossibility of five or more maximizers, and the dimensions of the exact multiplicity strata.

References

Primary source

Duncan Dauvergne, “Non-uniqueness times for the maximizer of the KPZ fixed point”, arXiv:2202.01700 (2022).

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