Optimal constants of smoothing estimates for the 3D Dirac equation

Makoto Ikoma, Soichiro Suzuki

Published 2024-05-15Version 1

Recently, Ikoma (2022) considered optimal constants and extremisers for the $2$-dimensional Dirac equation using the spherical harmonics decomposition. Though its argument is valid in any dimensions $d \geq 2$, the case $d \geq 3$ remains open since it leads us to too complicated calculation: determining all eigenvalues and eigenvectors of infinite dimensional matrices. In this paper, we give optimal constants and extremisers of smoothing estimates for the $3$-dimensional Dirac equation. In order to prove this, we construct a certain orthonormal basis of spherical harmonics. With respect to this basis, infinite dimensional matrices actually become block diagonal and so that eigenvalues and eigenvectors can be easily found.