The Polynomial Wolff axioms conjecture

From papers

Let T\mathbb{T} be a set of δ\delta-tubes in Rn\mathbb{R}^n satisfying the Polynomial Wolff Axioms: for every semi-algebraic set SS and every δλ1\delta\leq\lambda\leq1, the number of tubes with TSλ|T\cap S|\geq\lambda obeys

#{TT:TSλ}λnSδ1n.\#\{T\in\mathbb{T}:|T\cap S|\geq\lambda\}\lesssim\lambda^{-n}|S|\delta^{1-n}.

Polynomial Wolff axioms conjecture. The following assertions should hold:

(A)

TTTTTT.\left|\bigcup_{T\in\mathbb{T}}T\right|\gtrapprox\sum_{T\in\mathbb{T}}|T|.

(B) If Y(T)TY(T)\subset T and Y(T)(log1/δ)1T|Y(T)|\geq(\log 1/\delta)^{-1}|T|, then

TTTTTT.\left|\bigcup_{T\in\mathbb{T}}T\right|\gtrapprox\sum_{T\in\mathbb{T}}|T|.

(C)

TTχTnn11.\left\|\sum_{T\in\mathbb{T}}\chi_T\right\|_{\frac{n}{n-1}}\lessapprox1.

These assertions ask whether the Polynomial Wolff Axioms suffice for Kakeya-type volume, Hausdorff-dimension, and endpoint overlap bounds. The supplied source gives no resolution status.

Progress summary

Nothing recorded yet. Refresh searches the literature and the public web for attempts on this problem, and writes the first summary here.

Sources & referencesView supporting material

Primary source

Joshua Zahl, “A Survey of the Kakeya conjecture, 2000-2025”, arXiv:2512.09397 (2025).

Solutions 0

No solutions have been posted yet.