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1 Polynomial Wolff axioms and Kakeya-type estimates for bent tubes Mentor: Robert Burklund Liberal Arts and Science Academy May 20, 2018 MIT PRIMES Conference

2 Background How big is the volume of the union of a set of tubes?

3 Background How big is the volume of the union of a set of tubes? Let L be a line segment. A δ-tube is the δ-neighborhood of L.

4 Background How big is the volume of the union of a set of tubes? Let L be a line segment. A δ-tube is the δ-neighborhood of L. Kakeya Conjecture Let T be a set of tubes in R n pointing in δ-separated directions. Assume this set to be maximal size, i.e. T δ 1 n. Then up a loss factor of δ ɛ, the volume of the union of these tubes is roughly one, that is T C ɛ δ ɛ T T

5 Notation Let A and B be (take on) real numbers. Writing A B means there exists a constant C such that A CB. Writing A B means A B and B A. Let A and B be real numbers. Writing A B means for all ɛ > 0, there exists a constant C ɛ such that A C ɛ δ ɛ B. Similarly, A B denotes that A B and B A. Example Let T be a set of tubes in R n pointing in δ-separated directions. Assume this set to be maximal size, i.e. T δ 1 n. Then, T 1 T T

6 Notation Let A and B be (take on) real numbers. Writing A B means there exists a constant C such that A CB. Writing A B means A B and B A. Let A and B be real numbers. Writing A B means for all ɛ > 0, there exists a constant C ɛ such that A C ɛ δ ɛ B. Similarly, A B denotes that A B and B A. Example Let T be a set of tubes in R n pointing in δ-separated directions. Assume this set to be maximal size, i.e. T δ 1 n. Then, T 1 T T

7 Notation Let A and B be (take on) real numbers. Writing A B means there exists a constant C such that A CB. Writing A B means A B and B A. Let A and B be real numbers. Writing A B means for all ɛ > 0, there exists a constant C ɛ such that A C ɛ δ ɛ B. Similarly, A B denotes that A B and B A. Example Let T be a set of tubes in R n pointing in δ-separated directions. Assume this set to be maximal size, i.e. T δ 1 n. Then, T 1 T T

8 Background You can break it up into multilinear pieces Assume tubes point in k, k = 1,..., n, linearly independent directions 1-linear Use induction on scales n-linear Bennett-Carbery-Tao 2-linear and 3-linear are harder Naive approach: Add extra direction and apply 4-linear

9 Background You can break it up into multilinear pieces Assume tubes point in k, k = 1,..., n, linearly independent directions 1-linear Use induction on scales n-linear Bennett-Carbery-Tao 2-linear and 3-linear are harder Naive approach: Add extra direction and apply 4-linear

10 Background You can break it up into multilinear pieces Assume tubes point in k, k = 1,..., n, linearly independent directions 1-linear Use induction on scales n-linear Bennett-Carbery-Tao 2-linear and 3-linear are harder Naive approach: Add extra direction and apply 4-linear

11 Background You can break it up into multilinear pieces Assume tubes point in k, k = 1,..., n, linearly independent directions 1-linear Use induction on scales n-linear Bennett-Carbery-Tao 2-linear and 3-linear are harder Naive approach: Add extra direction and apply 4-linear

12 Background You can break it up into multilinear pieces Assume tubes point in k, k = 1,..., n, linearly independent directions 1-linear Use induction on scales n-linear Bennett-Carbery-Tao 2-linear and 3-linear are harder Naive approach: Add extra direction and apply 4-linear

13 Wolff vs. Polynomial Wolff We add assumptions about the tubes Linear Wolff Not too many tubes lie within a hyperplane. That is at most t/δ tubes lie within the rectangular prism of dimensions 1 t δ δ. Polynomial Wolff Not too many tubes lie within the neighborhood of an algebraic variety. That is for any semi-algebraic set of complexity E there is a constant K E such that for all λ δ #{T T : T S λ T } K E S δ 1 n λ n

14 Wolff vs. Polynomial Wolff We add assumptions about the tubes Linear Wolff Not too many tubes lie within a hyperplane. That is at most t/δ tubes lie within the rectangular prism of dimensions 1 t δ δ. Polynomial Wolff Not too many tubes lie within the neighborhood of an algebraic variety. That is for any semi-algebraic set of complexity E there is a constant K E such that for all λ δ #{T T : T S λ T } K E S δ 1 n λ n

15 Wolff vs. Polynomial Wolff We add assumptions about the tubes Linear Wolff Not too many tubes lie within a hyperplane. That is at most t/δ tubes lie within the rectangular prism of dimensions 1 t δ δ. Polynomial Wolff Not too many tubes lie within the neighborhood of an algebraic variety. That is for any semi-algebraic set of complexity E there is a constant K E such that for all λ δ #{T T : T S λ T } K E S δ 1 n λ n

16 Current Work Guth and Zahl s trilinear bounds are amiable to certain bent tubes A bent δ-tube is an algebraic curve of degree 1 and C 2 -norm 1. Exact trilinear bound can shown to carry over but more work necessary for other tubes

17 Current Work Guth and Zahl s trilinear bounds are amiable to certain bent tubes A bent δ-tube is an algebraic curve of degree 1 and C 2 -norm 1. Exact trilinear bound can shown to carry over but more work necessary for other tubes

18 Current Work Trilinear Bound Let T be a set of bent δ-tubes in R 4 that satisfy the polynomial Wolff axioms, then ( χ T1 χ T2 χ T3 v 1 v 2 v 3 12/13) 13/27 K 1/9 δ 1/3 (δ 3 T ) 4/3 T 1,T 2,T 3 T where K = max 1 E d(ɛ) K E. v i (x) is the unit tangent vector to T i at x { 1 x T i χ Ti (x) = 0 otherwise Remark: Choosing ɛ smaller and reducing the error δ ɛ requires use of higher degree algebraic varieties.

19 Future Work Consider broader categories of bent tubes A bent δ-tube is the δ-neighborhood of a length C k -curve with C k -norm 1. Modified Polynomial Wolff Axiom Let Ω be a C k surface with C k -norm C, then there exists a constant K C such that for all λ δ and r > 0 we have #{T : T N r (Ω) λ T } K C N r (Ω) δ 1 n λ n where N r (Ω) is the r-neighborhood of Ω.

20 Acknowledgements Robert Burklund MIT PRIMES program and MIT Math Department Ms. Harrelson

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