The kinetic Krylov–Safonov conjecture

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Let f:[0,1]×B1×B1→Rf:[0,1]\times B_1\times B_1\to\mathbb R be a classical solution of

ft+v⋅∇xf=aij(t,x,v)∂vivjf.f_t+v\cdot\nabla_x f=a_{ij}(t,x,v)\partial_{v_i v_j}f.

Assume that the coefficient matrix is uniformly elliptic: there are constants Λ≥λ>0\Lambda\geq\lambda>0 such that, for (t,x,v)∈[−1,0]×B1×B1(t,x,v)\in[-1,0]\times B_1\times B_1,

λI≤{aij(t,x,v)}≤ΛI.\lambda\mathrm I\leq\{a_{ij}(t,x,v)\}\leq\Lambda\mathrm I.

Kinetic Krylov–Safonov conjecture. There exist constants α>0\alpha>0 and CC, depending only on the dimension and λ,Λ\lambda,\Lambda, such that

∥f∥Cα((1/2,1)×B1/2×B1/2)≤C∥f∥L∞([0,1]×B1×B1).\|f\|_{C^\alpha((1/2,1)\times B_{1/2}\times B_{1/2})}\leq C\|f\|_{L^\infty([0,1]\times B_1\times B_1)}.

This is the kinetic analogue of the Krylov–Safonov estimate for uniformly parabolic equations in non-divergence form. The source explicitly identifies it as an open problem.

References

Primary source

Luis Silvestre, “Regularity estimates and open problems in kinetic equations”, arXiv:2204.06401 (2022).

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