Non-local modulus of continuity on a bounded convex domain

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Let Ω\Omega be a bounded convex domain in Rn\mathbb R^n with diameter DD. Choose rectangular coordinates whose z1z_1-axis is aligned with the compact interval I=[−D/2,D/2]I=[-D/2,D/2]. For each z1∈Iz_1\in I, define the slice

Ωz1={p∈Rn−1:(z1,p)∈Ω}.\Omega_{z_1}=\{p\in\mathbb R^{n-1}:(z_1,p)\in\Omega\}.

Suppose u:Ω×[0,∞)→Ru:\Omega\times[0,\infty)\to\mathbb R satisfies the non-local regional heat equation, and let φ\varphi be as in the one-dimensional modulus-of-continuity theorem. Assume that its odd extension φ~\tilde\varphi satisfies

φ~t(r,t)=∫Iρ~(w−r)(φ~(w)−φ~(r)) dw,r∈I, t>0,\tilde\varphi_t(r,t)=\int_I\tilde\rho(w-r)\bigl(\tilde\varphi(w)-\tilde\varphi(r)\bigr)\,dw,\qquad r\in I,\ t>0,

where

ρ~(z1)=∫Ωz1ρ(z1,p) dp.\tilde\rho(z_1)=\int_{\Omega_{z_1}}\rho(z_1,p)\,dp.

Non-local modulus of continuity conjecture. Then φ(⋅,t)\varphi(\cdot,t) is a modulus of continuity for u(⋅,t)u(\cdot,t) on Ω×[0,∞)\Omega\times[0,\infty). This proposes that the higher-dimensional regional non-local heat flow on a bounded convex domain admits the same type of modulus-of-continuity control as the associated one-dimensional sliced equation. The statement is presented as a conjecture; no resolution is supplied in the source.

References

Primary source

Ben Andrews and Sophie Chen, “Modulus of continuity for solutions of non-local heat equations”, arXiv:2507.19023 (2026).

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