Scattering conjecture for barely supercritical wave equations

Let p>5p>5 and set sp=322p1s_p=\frac{3}{2}-\frac{2}{p-1}. Consider the defocusing wave equation

t2uΔu+up1u=0\partial_t^2u-\Delta u+|u|^{p-1}u=0

for initial data (u0,u1)H˙sp(R3)×H˙sp1(R3)(u_0,u_1)\in\dot H^{s_p}(\mathbb{R}^3)\times\dot H^{s_p-1}(\mathbb{R}^3).

Scattering conjecture. If uu is the solution with data (u0,u1)(u_0,u_1), then uu exists for all time tt and there is a constant C1=C1((u0,u1)H˙sp(R3)×H˙sp1(R3))C_1=C_1\left(\|(u_0,u_1)\|_{\dot H^{s_p}(\mathbb{R}^3)\times\dot H^{s_p-1}(\mathbb{R}^3)}\right) such that

uLt2(p1)Lx2(p1)(R×R3)C1.\|u\|_{L_t^{2(p-1)}L_x^{2(p-1)}(\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{R}^3)}\leq C_1.

This asserts global well-posedness and a global spacetime bound at the scaling-critical regularity for the barely supercritical wave equation; the source presents it as a conjecture because no blow-up is known, while the required global bound and scattering remain unproved.

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Primary source

Tristan Roy, “One Remark on Barely H^s_p Supercritical Wave Equations”, arXiv:0906.0044 (2009).

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