Mazzeo's weighted X-ray transform isomorphism conjecture

Let (M,g)(M,g) be a simple Riemannian manifold with boundary defining function ρ\rho, and fix γ>1\gamma>-1. An α\alpha-boundary defining function (α\alpha-bdf) for +SM\partial_+SM is denoted by t{\mathbf t}. Mazzeo's conjecture. There exists an α\alpha-bdf t{\mathbf t} for +SM\partial_+SM such that the operator

I0t2γ1I0ργI_0^\sharp {\mathbf t}^{-2\gamma-1} I_0 \rho^\gamma

is an isomorphism of C(M)C^\infty(M). This conjecture predicts that a suitable boundary weight makes the weighted normal X-ray operator invertible on smooth functions; the supplied text does not state whether it has been proved or disproved.

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François Monard, “Non-standard Sobolev scales and the mapping properties of the X-ray transform on manifolds with strictly convex boundary”, arXiv:2308.02367 (2023).

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