Sharp decay thresholds in weighted $L^\infty$ for wave kinetic equations with power-law dispersion
Analysis of PDEs
2026-07-16 v1 Mathematical Physics
Abstract
We study four-wave kinetic equations in space dimension three with power-law dispersion and collision kernels with high-frequency growth measured by . In weighted spaces, we identify the sharp decay threshold For , we prove local well-posedness by establishing trilinear bounds for the full gain-loss collision operator. For , we prove ill-posedness by constructing data concentrated near a high-low-low-high resonant configuration. This threshold captures the balance between the high-frequency strength of the kernel and the geometry of the resonant manifold. The proof also shows that gain-loss cancellations are essential in the most delicate regimes.
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@article{arxiv.2607.14892,
title = {Sharp decay thresholds in weighted $L^\infty$ for wave kinetic equations with power-law dispersion},
author = {Xilu Zhu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.14892},
year = {2026}
}
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