Negative results for Nikodym maximal functions and related oscillatory integrals in curved space (Q1364790)

Let \(M^n\) be a complete \(n\)-dimensional Riemannian manifold. Consider all geodesics \(\gamma_x\) containing a given point \(x\in M^n\) of length \(|\gamma_x|\). For \(0<\delta\leq 1\) let \(T_{\gamma_x}^\delta\) denote a tubular neighbourhood of width \(\delta\) around \(\gamma_x\), and define \(\mathcal M^\delta f(x)=\sup_{x\in\gamma_x,|\gamma_x|=r}|T_{\gamma_x}^\delta|^{-1}\int_{T_{\gamma_x}^\delta}|f(y)|dy\). Fixing a compact subset \(K\subset M^n\), the authors deal with the problem of deciding when bounds of the form \[ |\mathcal M^\delta f|_{L^q(K)}\leq C_{p,\varepsilon}\delta^{1-n/p-\varepsilon}|f|_{L^p}, \quad q=(n-1)p', \quad\varepsilon>0, \quad\text{supp }f\subset K,\tag \(*\) \] can hold. In the Euclidean case, Córdoba, Bourgain, Wolff, and others gave positive results for \(1\leq p\leq(n+2)/2\). The authors state that \((\ast)\) holds for \(1\leq p\leq(n+1)/2\) and give negative results in the case \(p>\) the integer part of \((n+2)/2\). Relating to these maximal functions, they treat the oscillatory integral \(S_\lambda f(x) nt e^{i\text{ dist}(x,y)}a(x,y)f(y) dy\), with \(\text{dist}(x,y)\) denoting the Riemannian distance between \(x\) and \(y\) in \(\mathbb{R}^n\) measured by a non-Euclidean metric.