Restriction conjecture
Conjecture about the behaviour of the Fourier transform on curved hypersurfaces
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In harmonic analysis, the restriction conjecture, also known as the Fourier restriction conjecture, is a conjecture about the behaviour of the Fourier transform on curved hypersurfaces.[1][2] It was first hypothesized by Elias Stein.[3] The conjecture states that two necessary conditions needed to solve a problem known as the restriction problem in that scenario are also sufficient.[2][3]
The restriction conjecture is closely related to the Kakeya conjecture, Bochner-Riesz conjecture and the local smoothing conjecture.[4][5]
Statement
The restriction conjecture states that for certain q and n, where represents the Lp norm, or and means that for some constant .[6][clarification needed]
The requirements of q and n set by the conjecture are that and .[6]
The restriction conjecture has been proved for dimension as of 2021.[6]