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Bochen Liu

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Some constructions of restricted Kakeya sets

In this paper, we consider Kakeya sets with the additional restriction that centers of the unit line segments belong to a given set. In particular, for every uncountable Borel set $A\subset\mathbb{R}^d$, $d\geq 2$, we construct a compact subset of $\mathbb{R}^d$ of Lebesgue measure zero that contains, in every direction, a unit line segment whose center lies in $A$. Notice that every such Kakeya set (not even necessarily compact) must have positive Lebesgue measure if $A$ is countable. So our result shows that the countability is in fact the only obstruction.

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Lebesgue measure of distance sets with regular pins and multi-scale Mizohata-Takeuchi-type estimates

Suppose $E, F$ are Borel sets in the plane, $\dim_{\mathcal{H}} E>1$, $\dim_{\mathcal{H}} E+\dim_{\mathcal{H}} F>2$, and $F$ has equal Hausdorff and packing dimension. We prove that there exists $y\in F$ such that the pinned distance set $$\Delta_y(E):=\{|x-y|:x\in E\}$$ has positive Lebesgue measure. In particular, it settles the regular case of the distance set problem in the plane. The main ingredients of the proof consist of a multi-scale Good-Bad decomposition and a multi-scale Mizohata-Takeuchi-type estimate with arbitrary small power-loss.

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Fourier frames on smooth surfaces with nonvanishing Gaussian curvature

It is known that a small spherical cap (rigorously its surface measure) admits Fourier frames, while the whole sphere does not. In this paper, we prove more general results. Consequences indclude that a small spherical cap in $\mathbb{R}^d$ near the north pole cannot have a frame spectrum near the $x_d$-axis, and $S$ does not admit any Fourier frame if its interior contains a closed hemisphere. We also resolve the endpoint case, that is, a hemisphere does not admit any Fourier frame. This answers a question of Kolountzakis and Lai. Our results also hold on more general smooth surfaces with nonvanishing Gaussian curvature. In particular, any compact $(d-1)$-dimensional smooth submanifold immersed in $\mathbb{R}^d$ with nonvanishing Gaussian curvature does not admit any Fourier frame. This generalizes a previous result of Iosevich, Lai, Wyman and the second author on the boundary of convex bodies, as well as improves a recent result of Kolountzakis and Lai from tight frame to frame.

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Fourier Frames on Salem Measures

For every $0<s\leq 1$ we construct $s$-dimensional Salem measures in the unit interval that do not admit any Fourier frame. Our examples are generic for each $s$, including all existing types of Salem measures in the literature: random Cantor sets (convolutions, non-convolutions), random images, and deterministic constructions on Diophantine approximations. They even appear almost surely as Brownian images. We also develop different approaches to prove the nonexistence of Fourier frames on different constructions. Both the criteria and ideas behind the constructions are expected to work in higher dimensions. On the other hand, we observe that a weighted arc in the plane can be a $1$-dimensional Salem measure with orthonormal basis of exponentials. This leaves whether there exist Salem measures in the real line with Fourier frames or even orthonormal basis of exponentials a subtle problem.

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Dimension of Diophantine approximation and some applications in harmonic analysis

In this paper we construct a new family of sets based on Diophantine approximation in the Euclidean space, and consider their applications in several problems in harmonic analysis. Our first application is on the Hausdorff dimension of our sets. We show a recent result of Ren and Wang on the ABC sum-product problem is sharp. Higher dimensional cases and the relation to orthogonal projections are also discussed. Some conjectures are proposed. In addition to Hausdorff dimension, we also consider Fourier dimension. For every $0\leq t\leq s\leq 1$, we are able to construct a subset of $\mathbb{R}$ that has Hausdorff dimension $s$ and Fourier dimension $t$, together with a measure $\mu$ that captures both dimensions, i.e., $$\mu(B(x,r))\lesssim_\epsilon r^{s-\epsilon} \ \text{and} \ |\hat{\mu}(\xi)|\lesssim_\epsilon |\xi|^{-t/2 +\epsilon}, \ \forall\,\epsilon>0.$$ It is fundamental but the very first such result in the literature. Our last result is to provide a viewpoint of the sharpness of Fourier restriction over general measures from dimensions of sets and measures.

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Orthogonal projection, dual Furstenberg problem, and discretized sum-product

In this paper we come up with a dual version of the Furstenberg problem and obtain partial results via $L^p$ estimates of orthogonal projections. Examples are also discussed. Moreover, compared with general sets, we find that special structure like Cartesian product has better $L^p$-behavior. This leads to improvement on some discretized sum-product estimates.

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Mixed-norm of orthogonal projections and analytic interpolation on dimensions of measures

Suppose $\mu, \nu$ are compactly supported Radon measures on $\mathbb{R}^d$ and $V\in G(d,n)$ is an $n$-dimensional subspace. In this paper we systematically study the mixed-norm $$\int\|\pi^y\mu\|_{L^p(G(d,n))}^q\,d\nu(y),\ \forall\,p,q\in[1,\infty),$$ where $\pi_V:\mathbb{R}^d\rightarrow V$ denotes the orthogonal projection and $$\pi^y\mu(V)=\int_{y+V^\perp}\mu\,d\mathcal{H}^{d-n}=\pi_V\mu(\pi_Vy),\ \text{if $\mu$ has continuous density}.$$ When $n=d-1$ and $p=q$, our result significantly improves a previous result of Orponen. In the proof we consider integer exponents first, then interpolate analytically, not only on $p,q$, but also on dimensions of measures. We also introduce a new quantity called $s$-amplitude, to present our results and illustrate our ideas. This mechanism provides new perspectives on operators with measures, thus has its own interest. We also give an alternative proof of a recent result of D\k{a}browski, Orponen, Villa on $\|\pi_V\mu\|_{L^p(\mathcal{H}^n\times G(d,n))}$. The following consequences are also interesting. $\bullet$ We discover jump discontinuities in the range of $p$ at the critical line segment $$\{(s_\mu, s_\nu)\in(0,d)^2: s_\mu+s_\nu=2n,\, 0 0.$$ $\ \ $ This generalizes the visibility problem ($m=1$). In particular, when $m>\frac{d}{2}$ and $\dim_{\mathcal{H}} E$ is large enough, the exceptional set has Hausdorff dimension $0$.

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Improved local smoothing estimate for the wave equation in higher dimensions

In this paper, we establish the sharp $k$-broad estimate for a class of phase functions satisfying the homogeneous convex conditions. As an application, we obtain improved local smoothing estimates for the half-wave operator in dimensions $n\ge3$. As a byproduct, we also generalize the restriction estimates of Ou--Wang to a broader class of phase functions.

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Square function estimates and Local smoothing for Fourier Integral Operators

We prove a variable coefficient version of the square function estimate of Guth--Wang--Zhang. By a classical argument of Mockenhaupt--Seeger--Sogge, it implies the full range of sharp local smoothing estimates for $2+1$ dimensional Fourier integral operators satisfying the cinematic curvature condition. In particular, the local smoothing conjecture for wave equations on compact Riemannian surfaces is completely settled.

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Spectral properties of some unions of linear spaces

We consider \textit{additive spaces}, consisting of two intervals of unit length or two general probability measures on ${\mathbb R}^1$, positioned on the axes in ${\mathbb R}^2$, with a natural additive measure $\rho$. We study the relationship between the exponential frames, Riesz bases, and orthonormal bases of $L^2(\rho)$ and those of its component spaces. We find that the existence of exponential bases depends strongly on how we position our measures on ${\mathbb R}^1$. We show that non-overlapping additive spaces possess Riesz bases, and we give a necessary condition for overlapping spaces. We also show that some overlapping additive spaces of Lebesgue type have exponential orthonormal bases, while some do not. A particular example is the "L" shape at the origin, which has a unique orthonormal basis up to translations of the form \[ \left\{e^{2 \pi i (\lambda_1 x_1 + \lambda_2 x_2)} : (\lambda_1, \lambda_2) \in \Lambda \right\}, \] where \[ \Lambda = \{ (n/2, -n/2) \mid n \in {\mathbb Z} \}. \]

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Intersection between pencils of tubes, discretized sum-product, and radial projections

In this paper we prove the following results in the plane. They are related to each other, while each of them has its own interest. First we obtain an $\epsilon_0$-increment on intersection between pencils of $\delta$-tubes, under non-concentration conditions. In fact we show it is equivalent to the discretized sum-product problem, thus the $\epsilon_0$ follows from Bourgain's celebrated result. Then we prove a couple of new results on radial projections. We also discussion about the dependence of $\epsilon_0$ and make a new conjecture. A tube condition on Frostman measures, after careful refinement, is also given.

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Microlocal decoupling inequalities and the distance problem on Riemannian manifolds

We study the generalization of the Falconer distance problem to the Riemannian setting. In particular, we extend the result of Guth-Iosevich-Ou-Wang for the distance set in the plane to general Riemannian surfaces. Key new ingredients include a family of refined microlocal decoupling inequalities, which are related to the work of Beltran-Hickman-Sogge on Wolff-type inequalities, and an analog of Orponen's radial projection lemma which has proved quite useful in recent work on distance sets.

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Fourier frames for surface-carried measures

In this paper we show that the surface measure on the boundary of a convex body of everywhere positive Gaussian curvature does not admit a Fourier frame. This answers a question proposed by Lev and provides the first example of a uniformly distributed measure supported on a set of Lebesgue measure zero that does not admit a Fourier frame. In contrast, we show that the surface measure on the boundary of a polytope always admits a Fourier frame. We also explore orthogonal bases and frames adopted to sets under consideration. More precisely, given a compact manifold $M$ without a boundary and $D \subset M$, we ask whether $L^2(D)$ possesses an orthogonal basis of eigenfunctions. The non-abelian nature of this problem, in general, puts it outside the realm of the previously explored questions about the existence of bases of characters for subsets of locally compact abelian groups.

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On Hausdorff dimension of radial projections

For any $x\in\mathbb{R}^d$, $d\geq 2$, denote $\pi^x: \mathbb{R}^d\backslash\{x\}\rightarrow S^{d-1}$ as the radial projection $$\pi^x(y)=\frac{y-x}{|y-x|}. $$ Given a Borel set $E\subset{\Bbb R}^d$, $\dim_{\mathcal{H}} E\leq d-1$, in this paper we investigate for how many $x\in \mathbb{R}^d$ the radial projection $\pi^x$ preserves the Hausdorff dimension of $E$, namely whether $\dim_{\mathcal{H}}\pi^x(E)=\dim_{\mathcal{H}} E$. We develop a general framework to link $\pi^x(E)$, $x\in F$ and $\pi^y(F)$, $y\in E$, for any Borel set $F\subset\mathbb{R}^d$. In particular, whether $\dim_{\mathcal{H}}\pi^x(E)=\dim_{\mathcal{H}}E$ for some $x\in F$ can be reduced to whether $F$ is visible from some $y\in E$ (i.e. $\mathcal{H}^{d-1}(\pi^y(F))>0$). This allows us to apply Orponen's estimate on visibility to obtain $$\dim_{\mathcal{H}}\left\{x\in\mathbb{R}^d: \dim_{\mathcal{H}}\pi^x(E)<\dim_{\mathcal{H}}E\right\}\leq 2(d-1)-\dim_{\mathcal{H}}E,$$ for any Borel set $E\subset{\Bbb R}^d$, $\dim_{\mathcal{H}} E\in(d-2, d-1]$. This improves the Peres-Schlag bound when $\dim_{\mathcal{H}} E\in(d-\frac{3}{2}, d-1]$, and it is optimal at the endpoint $\dim_{\mathcal{H}} E=d-1$.

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Spectrality of polytopes and equidecomposability by translations

Let $A$ be a polytope in $\mathbb{R}^d$ (not necessarily convex or connected). We say that $A$ is spectral if the space $L^2(A)$ has an orthogonal basis consisting of exponential functions. A result due to Kolountzakis and Papadimitrakis (2002) asserts that if $A$ is a spectral polytope, then the total area of the $(d-1)$-dimensional faces of $A$ on which the outward normal is pointing at a given direction, must coincide with the total area of those $(d-1)$-dimensional faces on which the outward normal is pointing at the opposite direction. In this paper, we prove an extension of this result to faces of all dimensions between $1$ and $d-1$. As a consequence we obtain that any spectral polytope $A$ can be dissected into a finite number of smaller polytopes, which can be rearranged using translations to form a cube.

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Hausdorff dimension of pinned distance sets and the $L^2$-method

We prove that for any $E\subset{\Bbb R}^2$, $\dim_{\mathcal{H}}(E)>1$, there exists $x\in E$ such that the Hausdorff dimension of the pinned distance set $$\Delta_x(E)=\{|x-y|: y \in E\}$$ is no less than $\min\left\{\frac{4}{3}\dim_{\mathcal{H}}(E)-\frac{2}{3}, 1\right\}$. This answers a question recently raised by Guth, Iosevich, Ou and Wang, as well as improves results of Keleti and Shmerkin. (This version is already published on Proceeding AMS so I would like to leave it unchanged. However the statement in the abstract, which is the second part of Theorem 1.1, should be weakened a bit to: for any $\epsilon>0$ there exists $x\in E$ such that the Hausdorff dimension of $\Delta_x(E)$ is at least $\min\left\{\frac{4}{3}\dim_{\mathcal{H}}(E)-\frac{2}{3}-\epsilon, 1\right\}$, and it implies the Hausdorff dimension of the distance set, $\Delta(E)=\{|x-y|:x,y\in E\}$, is at least $\min\left\{\frac{4}{3}\dim_{\mathcal{H}}(E)-\frac{2}{3}, 1\right\}$. There is no problem in the proof and the first part of Theorem 1.1. I apologize for being sloppy and would like to thank Yumeng Ou for pointing it out.)

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Periodic structure of translational multi-tilings in the plane

Suppose $f\in L^1(\mathbb{R}^d)$, $\Lambda\subset\mathbb{R}^d$ is a finite union of translated lattices such that $f+\Lambda$ tiles with a weight. We prove that there exists a lattice $L\subset{\mathbb{R}}^d$ such that $f+L$ also tiles, with a possibly different weight. As a corollary, together with a result of Kolountzakis, it implies that any convex polygon that multi-tiles the plane by translations admits a lattice multi-tiling, of a possibly different multiplicity. Our second result is a new characterization of convex polygons that multi-tile the plane by translations. It also provides a very efficient criteria to tell whether a convex polygon admits translational multi-tilings. As an application, one can easily construct symmetric $(2m)$-gons, for any $m\geq 4$, that do not multi-tile by translations. Finally, we prove a convex polygon which is not a parallelogram only admits periodic multiple tilings, if any.

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