$\ell^2$ decoupling for certain surfaces of finite type in $\mathbb{R}^3$

Abstract

In this article, we establish an $\ell^2$ decoupling inequality for the surface $$F_4^2:=\Big\{(\xi_1,\xi_2,\xi_1^4+\xi_2^4): (\xi_1,\xi_2) \in [0,1]^2\Big\}$$ associated with the decomposition adapted to finite type geometry from our previous work. The key ingredients of the proof include the so-called generalized rescaling technique, an $\ell^2$ decoupling inequality for the surfaces $$\Big\{(\xi_1,\xi_2,\phi_1(\xi_1)+\xi_2^4): (\xi_1,\xi_2) \in [0,1]^2\Big\}$$ with $\phi_1$ being non-degenerate, reduction of dimension arguments and induction on scales.