Existence conjecture for convex weak refractors with general target sets

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Let TT be a target set satisfying Hypothesis H1, and let

K=max⁡x∈T∣x∣min⁡x∈T∣x∣.K=\frac{\max_{x\in T}|x|}{\min_{x\in T}|x|}.

Suppose that ϵ0<lim⁡t→K+1t−1\epsilon_0<\lim_{t\to K^+}\frac{1}{t-1}, where ϵ0\epsilon_0 is defined by the source's equation (e0). Given γ>0\gamma>0 with

ϵ0+γ<lim⁡t→K+1t−1,\epsilon_0+\gamma<\lim_{t\to K^+}\frac{1}{t-1},

set δγ=1/(ϵ0+γ)\delta_\gamma=1/(\epsilon_0+\gamma). Let g∈L1(S2)g\in L^1(\mathbb{S}^2) be nonnegative and vanish outside DTδγD_T^{\delta_\gamma}, and let f∈L1(T)f\in L^1(T) be nonnegative. If FF is the measure defined by the source's equation (lebesgue) and

F(T)=μg(DTδγ),F(T)=\mu_g(D_T^{\delta_\gamma}),

then there exists ϵM∈(ϵ0+γ,lim⁡t→K+1/(t−1))\epsilon_M\in(\epsilon_0+\gamma,\lim_{t\to K^+}1/(t-1)) and a convex refractor R∈RconvexϵM(T)R\in\mathcal{R}_{\mathrm{convex}}^{\epsilon_M}(T) that is a convex weak solution to the refractor problem.

Convex refractor existence conjecture. Under these hypotheses, such a convex weak solution exists for the target set and data described above.

The conjecture would extend the paper's existence results beyond the rotationally symmetric and sufficiently close target-set cases, potentially covering general exotic Lebesgue-measurable target sets. The source provides indirect evidence from its established existence theorems, but does not state that this general claim has been proved.

References

Primary source

Dylanger Pittman, “Convex Solutions to the Virtual Source Reflector Problem”, arXiv:2301.02106 (2023).

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