Nonconvergent-scaling conjecture for approximate multi-solitons

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Fix distinct soliton speeds, and let fstartf_{\mathrm{start}} denote the starting error whose leading behavior at one soliton is t1t^{-1}. Let WaW_a be ground-state solitons, let ϕ~\tilde{\phi} be a correction, and write ϕˉ=aWa+ϕ~\bar{\phi}=\sum_a W_a+\tilde{\phi}. A nonconvergent-scaling conjecture. If fstartf_{\mathrm{start}} has leading t1t^{-1} behavior at one of the solitons, then there is no approximate modulated multi-soliton solution with no outgoing radiation for which the soliton scaling is convergent. In particular, there exists N>0N>0 such that no smooth function without outgoing radiation satisfying ϕ~t1|\tilde{\phi}|\lesssim t^{-1} obeys

ϕˉ+ϕˉ5t5(tr)N.|\Box\bar{\phi}+\bar{\phi}^5|\lesssim t^{-5}(t-r)^{-N}.

The claim is presented as a weaker version of the preceding nonexistence conjecture: the source explicitly clarifies that a genuine solution approaching a sum of solitons is not ruled out, but would have a nonconvergent scaling factor. No resolution is supplied in the text.

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Istvan Kadar, “Construction of multi-soliton solutions for the energy critical wave equation in dimension 3”, arXiv:2409.05267 (2024).

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