Conjecture on polyhomogeneity for scattering solutions with infinitely regular data

Let NN1N\in\mathbb N_{\geq1}, let ϕ\phi solve R2N+1,1ϕ=0\Box_{\mathbb R^{2N+1,1}}\phi=0 with no incoming radiation, and let ψCv0Hba0;(Cv0)\psi^{\underline{\mathcal C}_{v_0}}\in H_{\mathrm b}^{a_0;\infty}(\underline{\mathcal C}_{v_0}) with a01/2a_0\geq -1/2. For an outgoing null cone Cu\mathcal C_u with uu0u\leq u_0, write Aphg(0,0)(Cu)\mathcal A_{\mathrm{phg}}^{\overline{(0,0)}}(\mathcal C_u) for the relevant polyhomogeneous space. Polyhomogeneity conjecture. The restriction of the solution to every such cone satisfies

ψCuAphg(0,0)(Cu).\psi|_{\mathcal C_u}\in \mathcal A_{\mathrm{phg}}^{\overline{(0,0)}}(\mathcal C_u).

This concerns the unresolved case of infinitely regular scattering data without a polyhomogeneous expansion. Finite angular regularity can fail to give summable higher-order coefficients, whereas polyhomogeneous data of infinite regularity are known to yield conformal smoothness; a related weaker question asks whether the radiation field has a finite limit at future null infinity.

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Istvan Kadar and Lionor Kehrberger, “Scattering, Polyhomogeneity and Asymptotics for Quasilinear Wave Equations From Past to Future Null Infinity”, arXiv:2501.09814 (2025).

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