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The divergence set for the wave equation in higher dimensions

Sep 2026 · 1 citation · ⚡ 1 influential · 27 references
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Abstract

It is shown that if $u$ solves the wave equation in $\mathbb{R}^{4+1}$ with initial data $u(\cdot,0) = u_0(\cdot) \in H^s$ and $\partial_tu(\cdot,0) = u_1(\cdot ) \in H^{s-1}$, where $0.5<s \leq 0.55$, then $u(x,t) \to u_0(x)$ and $\partial_tu(x,t) \to u_1(x)$ pointwise as $t \to 0$, for all $x$ outside an exceptional set of Hausdorff dimension at most $6-4s$. In a very small range of $s$, this verifies a conjecture of Barcel\'o, Bennett, Carbery, and Rogers. More generally, a partial improvement to the exceptional set bound in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ is obtained for $n \geq 4$ and $1/2<s<n/4$.

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