Related papers: A local smoothing estimate in higher dimensions

We prove sharp local smoothing estimates for wave equations on compact Riemannian manifolds in $n+1$ dimensions for odd $n$ and obtain improved estimates in even dimensions. This is achieved by deriving local smoothing estimates for certain…

We extend Wolff's "local smoothing" inequality to a wider class of not necessarily conical hypersurfaces of codimension 1. This class includes surfaces with nonvanishing curvature, as well as certain surfaces with more than one flat…

We prove a sharp square function estimate for the cone in $\mathbb{R}^3$ and consequently the local smoothing conjecture for the wave equation in $2+1$ dimensions.

We show local smoothing estimates in $L^p$-spaces for solutions to the Hermite wave equation. For this purpose, we obtain a parametrix given by a Fourier Integral Operator, which we linearize. This leads us to analyze local smoothing…

We prove sharp local smoothing estimates for curve averages in all dimensions. As a corollary, we prove the sharp $L^p$ boundedness of the helical maximal operator in $\mathbb{R}^4$, which was previously known only for $\mathbb{R}^2$ and…

The sharp Wolff-type decoupling estimates of Bourgain--Demeter are extended to the variable coefficient setting. These results are applied to obtain new sharp local smoothing estimates for wave equations on compact Riemannian manifolds,…

A representation of the sharp coefficient in a pointwise estimate for the gradient of the generalized Poisson integral of a function $f$ on ${\mathbb R}^n$ is obtained under the assumption that $f$ belongs to $L^p$. The explicit value of…

We formulate a local smoothing conjecture for bilinear Fourier integral operators in every dimension $d \ge 2,$ derived from the celebrated linear case due to Sogge, which we refer to as the \emph{bilinear smoothing conjecture}. We show…

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…

We prove local smoothing estimates for the massless Dirac equation with a Coulomb potential in 2 and 3 space dimensions. Our strategy of proof is inspired by a paper of Burq et al. (2003) about Schroedinger and wave equations with…

A representation of the sharp constant in a pointwise estimate of the gradient of a harmonic function in a multidimensional half-space is obtained under the assumption that function's boundary values belong to $L^p$. This representation is…

The theory of Fourier integral operators is surveyed, with an emphasis on local smoothing estimates and their applications. After reviewing the classical background, we describe some recent work of the authors which established sharp local…

We prove $l^p$-improving estimates for the averaging operator along the discrete paraboloid in the sharp range of $p$ in all dimensions $n\ge 2$.

We prove an x-ray estimate in general dimension which is stronger than the Kakeya estimates of Wolff. This generalizes an x-ray estimate in three dimensions which is also due to Wolff.

A representation for the sharp coefficient in a pointwise estimate for the gradient of a generalized Poisson integral of a function $f$ on ${\mathbb R}^{n-1}$ is obtained under the assumption that $f$ belongs to $L^p$. It is assumed that…

We show some new local smoothing estimates of the fractional Schr\"odinger equations with initial data in $\alpha$-modulation spaces via decoupling inequalities. Furthermore, our necessary conditions show that the local smoothing estimates…

We improve local smoothing estimates for fractional Schr\"{o}dinger equations for $\alpha \in (0,1) \cup (1,\infty)$.

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…

In this paper, we obtain local smoothing estimates for the averages over nondegenerate surfaces of codimension $2$ in $\mathbb R^4$. We make use of multilinear restriction estimates and decoupling inequalities for a hypersurface in $\mathbb…

Let $(M^n, g, e^{-f}dv)$ be a smooth metric measure space of dimensional $n$. Suppose that $v$ is a positive weighted $p$-eigenfunctions associated to the eigenvalues $\lambda_{1,p}$ on $M$, namely $$ e^{f}div(e^{-f}|\nabla v|^{p-2}\nabla…