Phase retrieval conjecture for the harmonic oscillator Schrödinger equation

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Let u0,v0∈L2(Rd)u_0,v_0\in L^2(\mathbb{R}^d), and let uu and vv solve the harmonic-oscillator Schrödinger equations

{i∂tu(t,x)=−Δu(t,x)+∣x∣2u(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

{i∂tv(t,x)=−Δv(t,x)+∣x∣2v(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 t∈Rt\in\mathbb{R} and every x∈Rdx\in\mathbb{R}^d, then there exists c∈Rc\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.

References

Primary source

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

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