\(l^p\) decoupling for restricted \(k\)-broadness (Q2633158)

The concept of \(k\)-broad part of regular \(L^p\) norm was introduced by \textit{L. Guth} [Acta Math. 221, No. 1, 81--142 (2018; Zbl 1415.42004)] in the study of Fourier restriction estimates. To prove Fourier restriction estimate using polynomial partitioning, L. Guth obtained the sharp \(k\)-broad restriction estimates. Applying the \(l^2\) decoupling theorem to go from \(k\)-broad estimates to regular \(L^p\) estimates, L. Guth obtained new range for Fourier restriction estimate and improved the results obtained by \textit{J. Bourgain} and \textit{L. Guth} [Geom. Funct. Anal. 21, No. 6, 1239--1295 (2011; Zbl 1237.42010)]. In this article, similar to Bourgain-Guth's technique, the authors establish an analogue to go from regular \(L^p\) norm to its \((m +1)\)-broad part, and the error terms are described by some ``restricted'' \(k\)-broad parts \((k=2,\dots, m)\), which means that the considered functions are concentrated in small neighborhoods of \(k\)-dimensional subspaces. To analyze the restricted \(k\)-broadness, the authors proved an \(l^p\) decoupling theorem, which was applied to handle the error terms and recover Guth's linear restriction estimates. This provides a different approach to prove Guth's result.