On counterexamples to unique continuation for critically singular wave equations (Q6493717)

The paper under review studies the equationNEWLINE\[NEWLINE\mathcal{P}u:=\left[\Box_{g}+\frac{\xi(\sigma,y)}{\sigma^2}\right]uNEWLINE\]NEWLINEon a domain \(\Omega:= (0, \sigma_{0}) \times I\), where \(\sigma_{0} > 0\) and \(I\) is an open subset of \(\mathbb{R}^{d}\). Here, \(g\) and \(\xi\) denote a Lorentzian metric and a bounded function on \(\Omega\), respectively, while \(\sigma\) and \(y\) are the projections to the \((0, \sigma_{0})\)- and \(I\)-components of \(\Omega\).NEWLINENEWLINEThe authors find counterexamples to the unique continuation problem, in other words they find solutions to the above equations that are not uniquely determined by their Cauchy data on \(\sigma=0\).