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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 ω(p)=pa\omega(p)=|p|^a and collision kernels with high-frequency growth measured by β\beta. In weighted LL^\infty spaces, we identify the sharp decay threshold sc=4β+3a2. s_c=4\beta+3-\frac a2. For s>scs>s_c, we prove local well-posedness by establishing trilinear bounds for the full gain-loss collision operator. For s<scs<s_c, 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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