Phase retrieval conjecture for the harmonic oscillator Schrödinger equation

Let u0,v0L2(Rd)u_0,v_0\in L^2(\mathbb{R}^d), and let uu and vv solve the harmonic-oscillator Schrödinger equations

{itu(t,x)=Δu(t,x)+x2u(t,x)u(0,x)=u0\left\{\begin{matrix}i\partial_tu(t,x)=-\Delta u(t,x)+|x|^2u(t,x)\\ u(0,x)=u_0\end{matrix}\right.

and

{itv(t,x)=Δv(t,x)+x2v(t,x)v(0,x)=v0.\left\{\begin{matrix}i\partial_tv(t,x)=-\Delta v(t,x)+|x|^2v(t,x)\\ v(0,x)=v_0\end{matrix}\right..

Harmonic-oscillator phase-retrieval conjecture. If u(t,x)=v(t,x)|u(t,x)|=|v(t,x)| for every tRt\in\mathbb{R} and every xRdx\in\mathbb{R}^d, then there exists cRc\in\mathbb{R} such that u0=cv0u_0=cv_0. The conjecture concerns recovery of initial data from the modulus of the solution at all times and positions; the source presents it as a natural conjecture motivated by the semiclassical Wigner and circular Radon-transform picture, and the supplied material does not establish its resolution.

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Philippe Jaming, “Phase retrieval for solutions of the Schrödinger equations”, arXiv:2503.22447 (2025).

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