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Neal Bez

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On the Strichartz estimates for orthonormal systems of initial data with regularity

The classical Strichartz estimates for the free Schrödinger propagator have recently been substantially generalised to estimates of the form \[ \bigg\|\sum_jλ_j|e^{itΔ}f_j|^2\bigg\|_{L^p_tL^q_x}\lesssim\|λ\|_{\ell^α} \] for orthonormal systems $(f_j)_j$ of initial data in $L^2$, firstly in work of Frank--Lewin--Lieb--Seiringer and later by Frank--Sabin. The primary objective is identifying the largest possible $α$ as a function of $p$ and $q$, and in contrast to the classical case, for such estimates the critical case turns out to be $(p,q) = (\frac{d+1}{d},\frac{d+1}{d-1})$. We consider the case of orthonormal systems $(f_j)_j$ in the homogeneous Sobolev spaces $\dot{H}^s$ for $s \in (0,\frac{d}{2})$ and we establish the sharp value of $α$ as a function of $p$, $q$ and $s$, except possibly an endpoint in certain cases, at which we establish some weak-type estimates. Furthermore, at the critical case $(p,q) = (\frac{d+1}{d-2s},\frac{d(d+1)}{(d-1)(d-2s)})$ for general $s$, we show the veracity of the desired estimates when $α= p$ if we consider frequency localised estimates, and the failure of the (non-localised) estimates when $α= p$; this exhibits the difficulty of upgrading from frequency localised estimates in this context, again in contrast to the classical setting.

math.FA

A sharp $k$-plane Strichartz inequality for the Schrödinger equation

We prove that $$ \|X(|u|^2)\|_{L^3_{t,\ell}}\leq C\|f\|_{L^2(\mathbb{R}^2)}^2, $$ where $u(x,t)$ is the solution to the linear time-dependent Schrödinger equation on $\mathbb{R}^2$ with initial datum $f$, and $X$ is the (spatial) X-ray transform on $\mathbb{R}^2$. In particular, we identify the best constant $C$ and show that a datum $f$ is an extremiser if and only if it is a gaussian. We also establish bounds of this type in higher dimensions $d$, where the X-ray transform is replaced by the $k$-plane transform for any $1\leq k\leq d-1$. In the process we obtain sharp $L^2(μ)$ bounds on Fourier extension operators associated with certain high-dimensional spheres, involving measures $μ$ supported on natural "co-$k$-planarity" sets.

math.CA

Generating monotone quantities for the heat equation

The purpose of this article is to expose and further develop a simple yet surprisingly far-reaching framework for generating monotone quantities for positive solutions to linear heat equations in euclidean space. This framework is intimately connected to the existence of a rich variety of algebraic closure properties of families of sub/super-solutions, and more generally solutions of systems of differential inequalities capturing log-convexity properties such as the Li--Yau gradient estimate. Various applications are discussed, including connections with the general Brascamp--Lieb inequality and the Ornstein--Uhlenbeck semigroup.

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Estimates for the kinetic transport equation in hyperbolic Sobolev spaces

We establish smoothing estimates in the framework of hyperbolic Sobolev spaces for the velocity averaging operator $ρ$ of the solution of the kinetic transport equation. If the velocity domain is either the unit sphere or the unit ball, then, for any exponents $q$ and $r$, we find a characterisation of the exponents $β_+$ and $β_-$, except possibly for an endpoint case, for which $D_+^{β_+}D_-^{β_-} ρ$ is bounded from space-velocity $L^2_{x,v}$ to space-time $L^q_tL^r_x$. Here, $D_+$ and $D_-$ are the classical and hyperbolic derivative operators, respectively. In fact, we shall provide an argument which unifies these velocity domains and the velocity averaging estimates in either case are shown to be equivalent to mixed-norm bounds on the cone multiplier operator acting on $L^2$. We develop our ideas further in several ways, including estimates for initial data lying in certain Besov spaces, for which a key tool in the proof is the sharp $\ell^p$ decoupling theorem recently established by Bourgain and Demeter. We also show that the level of permissible smoothness increases significantly if we restrict attention to initial data which are radially symmetric in the spatial variable.

math.AP

On sharp bilinear Strichartz estimates of Ozawa-Tsutsumi type

We provide a comprehensive analysis of sharp bilinear estimates of Ozawa-Tsutsumi type for solutions u of the free Schrödinger equation, which give sharp control on $|u|^2$ in classical Sobolev spaces. In particular, we provide a generalization of their estimates in such a way that provides a unification with some sharp bilinear estimates proved by Carneiro and Planchon-Vega, via entirely different methods, by seeing them all as special cases of a one parameter family of sharp estimates. We show that the extremal functions are solutions of the Maxwell-Boltzmann functional equation and provide a new proof that this equation admits only Gaussian solutions. We also make a connection to certain sharp estimates on $u^2$ involving certain dispersive Sobolev norms.

math.AP

Behaviour of the Brascamp--Lieb constant

Recent progress in multilinear harmonic analysis naturally raises questions about the local behaviour of the best constant (or bound) in the general Brascamp--Lieb inequality as a function of the underlying linear transformations. In this paper we prove that this constant is continuous, but is not in general differentiable.

math.CA

Stability of trace theorems on the sphere

We prove stable versions of trace theorems on the sphere in $L^2$ with optimal constants, thus obtaining rather precise information regarding near-extremisers. We also obtain stability for the trace theorem into $L^q$ for $q > 2$, by combining a refined Hardy-Littlewood-Sobolev inequality on the sphere with a duality-stability result proved very recently by Carlen. Finally, we extend a local version of Carlen's duality theorem to establish local stability of certain Strichartz estimates for the kinetic transport equation.

math.CA

Optimal forward and reverse estimates of Morawetz and Kato-Yajima type with angular smoothing index

For the solution of the free Schrödinger equation, we obtain the optimal constants and characterise extremisers for forward and reverse smoothing estimates which are global in space and time, contain a homogeneous and radial weight in the space variable, and incorporate a certain angular regularity. This will follow from a more general result which permits analogous sharp forward and reverse smoothing estimates and a characterisation of extremisers for the solution of the free Klein-Gordon and wave equations. The nature of extremisers is shown to be sensitive to both the dimension and the size of the smoothing index relative to the dimension. Furthermore, in four spatial dimensions and certain special values of the smoothing index, we obtain an exact identity for each of these evolution equations.

math.AP

Optimal constants and extremisers for some smoothing estimates

We establish new results concerning the existence of extremisers for a broad class of smoothing estimates of the form $\|ψ(|\nabla|) \exp(itϕ(|\nabla|)f \|_{L^2(w)} \leq C\|f\|_{L^2}$, where the weight $w$ is radial and depends only on the spatial variable; such a smoothing estimate is of course equivalent to the $L^2$-boundedness of a certain oscillatory integral operator $S$ depending on $(w,ψ,ϕ)$. Furthermore, when $w$ is homogeneous, and for certain $(ψ,ϕ)$, we provide an explicit spectral decomposition of $S^*S$ and consequently recover an explicit formula for the optimal constant $C$ and a characterisation of extremisers. In certain well-studied cases when $w$ is inhomogeneous, we obtain new expressions for the optimal constant.

math.AP

Some nonlinear Brascamp-Lieb inequalities and applications to harmonic analysis

We use the method of induction-on-scales to prove certain diffeomorphism invariant nonlinear Brascamp--Lieb inequalities. We provide applications to multilinear convolution inequalities and the restriction theory for the Fourier transform, extending to higher dimensions recent work of Bejenaru--Herr--Tataru and Bennett--Carbery--Wright.

math.CA

Heat-flow monotonicity of Strichartz norms

Most notably we prove that for $d=1,2$ the classical Strichartz norm $$\|e^{i sΔ}f\|_{L^{2+4/d}_{s,x}(\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{R}^d)}$$ associated to the free Schrödinger equation is nondecreasing as the initial datum $f$ evolves under a certain quadratic heat-flow.

math.CA

Heat-flow monotonicity related to the Hausdorff--Young inequality

It is known that if $q$ is an even integer then the $L^q(\mathbb{R}^d)$ norm of the Fourier transform of a superposition of translates of a fixed gaussian is monotone increasing as their centres "simultaneously slide" to the origin. We provide explicit examples to show that this monotonicity property fails dramatically if $q > 2$ is not an even integer. These results are equivalent, upon rescaling, to similar statements involving solutions to heat equations. Such considerations are natural given the celebrated theorem of Beckner concerning the gaussian extremisability of the Hausdorff--Young inequality.

math.CA