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

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

argmaxht={yR:maxxRht(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 kNk\in\mathbb{N}, define the non-uniqueness times

Tk(h0)={t(0,):argmaxht=k},Tk(h0)={t(0,):argmaxhtk}.\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 T2(h0)\mathcal{T}_{\geq2}(h_0) is dense in [0,)[0,\infty), T5(h0)\mathcal{T}_{\geq5}(h_0) is empty, and

dimT2(h0)=23,dimT3(h0)=13,dimT4(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.

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Primary source

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

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