A smoothing property of Schrödinger equations along the sphere (Q1411291)

The following smoothing result -- and generalizations thereof -- are proven: Suppose \(L_p\) a general second order elliptic partial differential operator with constant coefficients on \({\mathbb R}^n\) and symbol \(p(\xi)\). Set \(\Sigma_p'=\{\nabla p(\xi): p(\xi)=1\}\). Moreover, define \(\Omega_{p'}^\sigma\) to be the homogeneous extension of \((1-\Delta)^{\sigma/2}\) where \(\Delta\) is the Laplace-Beltrami operator on \(\Sigma_p'\). Suppose \(n\geq 2\) and \(1-n/2<\alpha<1/2\). Then a solution \(u\in {\mathcal S}'({\mathbb R}_t\times {\mathbb R}_x^n)\) of the initial value problem for \((i\partial_t-L_p)u=0\) with intial value \(\varphi\in{\mathcal S}({\mathbb R}_x^n)\) satisfies \[ \left\| | x| ^{\alpha-1} \Omega_{p'}^{1/2-\alpha} | D_x| ^\alpha u(t,x)\right\| _{L^2({\mathbb R}_t\times {\mathbb R}_\xi^n)} \leq C \| \varphi\| _{L^2({\mathbb R}^n_x)}. \] These results are proven by a refined version of a limiting absorption principle.