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Dynamical Amrein-Berthier Uncertainty for Fractional Schr\"odinger Flows

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Pith's one-line read For the fractional Schrödinger flow with α > 1/2, two-time localization on finite-measure sets controls the solution norm by its mass outside those sets.

desk verdict This extends the classical Amrein-Berthier uncertainty to fractional Schrödinger flows with a clean interaction-energy condition for 1/2 < α < 1 that matches the kernel decay. read the letter →

arxiv 2606.10685 v1 pith:7H6JJ3XM submitted 2026-06-09 math.AP math-phmath.MP

Piero D'Ancona , Diego Fiorletta This is my paper · ORCID
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The paper proves a quantitative uncertainty principle for solutions of the fractional Schrödinger equation. It shows that if a solution is mostly concentrated in a finite-measure set E at time zero and in F at time T, then its L2 norm at all times is bounded by the small mass outside E and F. This holds when the power α exceeds one half, with an extra decay condition on the sets when α is between one half and one. The result rules out nonzero solutions that are compactly supported at two different times. It extends similar principles to some perturbed fractional and higher-order operators.

What carries the argument

The stationary phase structure of the fractional kernel, which yields sufficient decay to control the evolution between two localized times, together with the interaction energy I_γ(E,F) = ∫ 1_F(x) |x-y|^{2γ} 1_E(y) dx dy for γ = n(1-α)/(2α-1) when α < 1.

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A nonzero initial datum whose fractional evolution is supported inside a finite-measure set E at t=0 and inside F at some T≠0, or a counterexample solution when α ≤ 1/2 that violates the bound.

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Core claim

For the free Hamiltonian H = (-Δ)^α on L²(ℝ^n) with α > 1/2, the fractional Schrödinger flow u(t) = e^{-itH} u(0) satisfies ||u(t)||_{L²} ≲_{E,F,T,n,α} ||u(0)||_{L²(E^c)} + ||u(T)||_{L²(F^c)} whenever E and F have finite measure (with an interaction energy condition when 1/2 < α < 1). This quantitative estimate holds for every t ∈ ℝ and T ≠ 0.

Load-bearing premise

The power α must exceed 1/2 so that the kernel admits enough decay from stationary phase, and for smaller α the sets must have finite interaction energy to compensate.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • Nonzero solutions cannot vanish outside finite-measure sets at two distinct times.
  • For α ≥ 1 the sets E and F need only finite measure, without further restrictions.
  • Analogous bounds hold for one-dimensional operators (-∂_x² + V)^α under weighted scattering assumptions on V.
  • Similar results apply to higher-order operators (-Δ)^m + V for suitable decaying potentials V.

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  • The bound suggests that the fractional evolution cannot preserve localization in a stronger way than the classical case.
  • Extensions might apply to nonlinear fractional Schrödinger equations if the linear estimates control the nonlinearity.
  • Similar interaction energies could appear in uncertainty principles for other dispersive flows with fractional dispersion relations.
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Summary. The paper proves dynamical Amrein-Berthier uncertainty principles for the fractional Schrödinger flow u(t) = e^{-itH} u(0) with free Hamiltonian H = (-Δ)^α on L²(ℝ^n), α > 1/2. The central claim is that two-time localization on finite-measure sets E and F implies the quantitative bound ||u(t)||_{L²} ≲_{E,F,T,n,α} ||u(0)||_{L²(E^c)} + ||u(T)||_{L²(F^c)} for all t, with T ≠ 0. For α ≥ 1 the sets may be arbitrary finite-measure sets; for 1/2 < α < 1 the pair (E,F) must satisfy finiteness of the interaction energy I_γ(E,F) with γ = n(1-α)/(2α-1). The threshold α > 1/2 arises from the stationary-phase decay of the fractional kernel. The manuscript also treats one-dimensional perturbed Hamiltonians (-∂_x² + V)^α under weighted scattering assumptions and higher-order operators (-Δ)^m + V for suitable decaying V.

Significance. If the proofs are complete, the work supplies the first quantitative dynamical uncertainty principles for fractional dispersive equations, showing in particular that nonzero solutions cannot have compact support at two distinct times. The stationary-phase analysis of the kernel produces a sharp threshold α > 1/2 together with an explicit, scaling-correct interaction-energy condition that reduces to the classical finite-measure case when α ≥ 1. The results are parameter-free and rest on a direct kernel estimate rather than reduction to prior fitted quantities.

minor comments (3)
  1. [§1] §1, after Eq. (1.3): the dependence of the implicit constant on T is stated but not tracked through the stationary-phase estimates in §3; a short remark on whether the constant blows up as T → 0 would clarify the two-time nature of the result.
  2. [Theorem 1.2] Definition of I_γ(E,F) in the statement of Theorem 1.2: the factor |x-y|^{2γ} appears with a positive exponent, but the text does not explicitly note that γ > 0 precisely when α > 1/2; adding this observation would make the range of the theorem self-contained.
  3. [§4] §4 (one-dimensional perturbed case): the weighted scattering assumption on V is used to control the perturbed kernel, but the proof sketch does not indicate whether the same interaction-energy condition on (E,F) is still required or whether it can be relaxed; a one-sentence clarification would help.

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We thank the referee for their careful reading of the manuscript and for recommending minor revision. The referee's summary accurately captures the main results on dynamical Amrein-Berthier uncertainty principles for fractional Schrödinger flows, including the threshold α > 1/2 and the interaction energy condition for 1/2 < α < 1.

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The paper presents a direct mathematical proof of a dynamical uncertainty principle via stationary-phase analysis of the fractional kernel for H = (-Δ)^α. The threshold α > 1/2 and the explicit interaction-energy exponent γ = n(1-α)/(2α-1) are derived from the kernel decay rates and convergence requirements of the double integral; they are not obtained by fitting parameters to data, self-definition, or reduction to prior fitted quantities. No load-bearing self-citations or ansatz smuggling appear in the derivation chain. The result is self-contained against external benchmarks and does not reduce to its inputs by construction.

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The claim rests on standard tools from harmonic analysis (Fourier transforms, stationary phase) and PDE theory; no free parameters, ad-hoc axioms, or new entities appear in the abstract.

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  • standard math Stationary phase estimates for the fractional kernel determine the threshold α>1/2
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We prove dynamical Amrein-Berthier uncertainty principles for fractional Schr\"odinger flows. For the free Hamiltonian $H=(-\Delta)^\alpha$ on $L^2(\mathbb{R}^n)$, with $\alpha>\frac{1}{2}$, we show that two--time localization on finite measure sets $E,F$ forces the quantitative estimate \begin{equation*} \|u(t)\|_{L^{2}}\lesssim_{E,F,T,n,\alpha} \|u(0)\|_{L^{2}(E^{c})} + \|u(T)\|_{L^{2}(F^{c})}, \qquad T\neq0,\ t\in \mathbb{R} \end{equation*} for $u(t)=e^{-itH}u(0)$ at every time. The threshold $\alpha>\frac{1}{2}$ is tied to the stationary phase structure of the fractional kernel. If $\alpha\ge1$ the sets can be arbitrary finite measure sets; if $\frac{1}{2}<\alpha<1$ we impose the finiteness of a natural interaction energy \begin{equation*} \textstyle \mathcal{I}_{\gamma}(E,F) = \int_{\mathbb{R}^n \times \mathbb{R}^n} \mathbf{1}_{F}(x)|x-y|^{2\gamma}\mathbf{1}_{E}(y)\,dx\,dy<\infty, \qquad \gamma = \frac{n(1-\alpha)}{2 \alpha-1} \end{equation*} of the pair $(E,F)$, essentially equivalent to a sufficiently fast joint decay of the measure of the sets at infinity. In particular, compact support at two distinct times is impossible for a nonzero solution. We also prove corresponding results for one dimensional fractional Hamiltonians $(-\partial_x^2+V)^\alpha$ under weighted scattering assumptions, and for higher order Hamiltonians $(-\Delta)^m+V$ for suitable classes of decaying potentials $V$.

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