Parametrix for wave equations on a rough background I: regularity of the phase at initial time

arXiv1204.1768MaRDI QIDQ6232185FDOQ6232185

Publication date: 8 April 2012

Abstract: This is the first of a sequence of four papers cite{param1}, cite{param2}, cite{param3}, cite{param4} dedicated to the construction and the control of a parametrix to the homogeneous wave equation

, where

is a rough metric satisfying the Einstein vacuum equations. Controlling such a parametrix as well as its error term when one only assumes

L^{2}

bounds on the curvature tensor

of

is a major step of the proof of the bounded

L^{2}

curvature conjecture proposed in cite{Kl:2000}, and solved jointly with S. Klainerman and I. Rodnianski in cite{boundedl2}. On a more general level, this sequence of papers deals with the control of the eikonal equation on a rough background, and with the derivation of

L^{2}

bounds for Fourier integral operators on manifolds with rough phases and symbols, and as such is also of independent interest.

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