Wolff Cone-Decomposition and Local-Smoothing Conjectures
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For functions $f_k$ whose Fourier supports lie in $\delta$-plates of the truncated light cone in $\mathbb{R}^{d+1}$, does $\lVert\sum_k f_k\rVert_p\leq C_\varepsilon\delta^{-\alpha(p)-\varepsilon}(\sum_k\lVert f_k\rVert_p^p)^{1/p}$ hold for $p>2(d+1)/(d-1)$, where $\alpha(p)=d(1/2-1/p)-1/2$? Does the stronger mixed-norm version with $(\sum_k\lVert f_k\rVert_p^2)^{1/2}$ and exponent $\beta(p)=(d-1)/4-(d+1)/(2p)$ hold for $p>2+4/(d-1)$? Do the associated Sogge local-smoothing and cone-multiplier estimates hold in their conjectured ranges?Formulation references: [S1], [S2].
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For functions $f_k$ whose Fourier supports lie in $\delta$-plates of the truncated light cone in $\mathbb{R}^{d+1}$, does $\lVert\sum_k f_k\rVert_p\leq C_\varepsilon\delta^{-\alpha(p)-\varepsilon}(\sum_k\lVert f_k\rVert_p^p)^{1/p}$ hold for $p>2(d+1)/(d-1)$, where $\alpha(p)=d(1/2-1/p)-1/2$? Does the stronger mixed-norm version with $(\sum_k\lVert f_k\rVert_p^2)^{1/2}$ and exponent $\beta(p)=(d-1)/4-(d+1)/(2p)$ hold for $p>2+4/(d-1)$? Do the associated Sogge local-smoothing and cone-multiplier estimates hold in their conjectured ranges?Sources
- S1 ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, UnsolvedMath: A Curated Collection of Open Mathematics Problems, record 30001000 (OWR-2043-005). Catalogue attribution under CC BY 4.0. https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath.
- S2 Original problem formulation and mathematical context. https://doi.org/10.4171/owr/2008/32.
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OpenAI claim summary for Math-2340
Wave local smoothing: The critical L^3 three-dimensional smoothing theorem and its interpolated corollaries settle the n=3 branch. The question covers every n>=3 (and the cone-decomposition bundle also asks additional mixed-norm and cone-multiplier assertions).
This page records partial support. Complete resolution of the catalogue question is not established by this record.
Wolff Cone-Decomposition and Local-Smoothing Conjectures
OpenAI's claim
Wave local smoothing: OpenAI claims the critical $L^3$ spacetime estimate for the wave equation in three dimensions with any positive Sobolev loss. This is the Euclidean three-dimensional smoothing assertion at that exponent.Mathematical statement of the claimed result
Mathematical claim 1.
Let $Uf(x,t)=(2\pi)^{-3}\int e^{i(x\cdot\xi+t|\xi|)}\widehat f(\xi)\,d\xi$ and $J^\epsilon=(1-\Delta)^{\epsilon/2}$. The claimed three-dimensional critical local-smoothing estimate is \[\|Uf\|_{L^3(\mathbb R^3\times[1,2])}\le C_\epsilon\|J^\epsilon f\|_{L^3(\mathbb R^3)}\quad(\epsilon>0,\ f\in\mathcal S(\mathbb R^3)).\] Every positive Sobolev loss is allowed, but zero loss is not asserted.Outline of the argument
Wave local smoothing: Null coordinates put light rays into a quadratic velocity model, and packet synthesis reduces the physical estimate to a cubic mass sum. Entropy records retain changing shear frames as well as direction and time. Planar Furstenberg and cone-envelope inputs constrain those records, giving a frequency-annulus estimate that can be summed with arbitrarily small loss.Formal verification
Wave local smoothing: The pinned catalogue lists no Lean formalization for this result.This site has not run the Lean development. These links describe OpenAI’s selected formal statements and should be read with their stated scope.
Status caveat
OpenAI reports that an internal model produced the manuscripts. Their arguments have not been independently verified as proofs by this site. Any portion outside the documented formal scope may contain mistakes, and the catalogue label reports the announced mathematical claim.Sources
- OpenAI, Critical local smoothing for the three-dimensional wave equation, 2026-09-24; citation key
OAI:Critical-local-smoothing-for-the-three-dimensional-wave-equation-September-24-2026. PDF (GitHub); PDF (direct); Manuscript page and citation; Latest version; Statement source: thm:main. - OpenAI catalogue entry.