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A Littlewood-Paley approach to the Mittag-Leffler function in the frequency space and applications to nonlocal problems

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keywords Mittag-Leffler functionLittlewood-Paley theoryFourier transformL^p spacesnonlocal problemsfractional diffusionfrequency localization
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Littlewood-Paley theory shows the Fourier transform of the Mittag-Leffler function E_{α,β}(e^{iπ s} |·|^γ) belongs to L^p(R^d) for all β,γ>0 and s outside [-α/2,α/2], including when 0<γ≤(d-1)/2.

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The paper uses Littlewood-Paley theory to establish L^p membership of the Fourier transform of the Mittag-Leffler function for the full range of parameters 0<α<2, β>0, α/2<|s|≤1 and 0<γ≤(d-1)/2. Earlier results handled only the case γ>(d-1)/2 through other methods and for restricted choices of the remaining parameters. The new approach supplies a uniform proof that covers every admissible β and γ without those restrictions. A reader would care because the result supplies the integrability needed to derive estimates for a broad class of space-time fractional diffusion and Schrödinger equations.

Core claim

The Littlewood-Paley decomposition applied directly to the Mittag-Leffler symbol produces frequency-localized pieces whose decay and summability properties are sufficient to conclude that the Fourier transform lies in L^p(R^d) for the indicated range of p depending on γ, uniformly in the stated parameter regime.

What carries the argument

Littlewood-Paley frequency decomposition of the Mittag-Leffler symbol, which localizes the function in frequency and yields controllable L^p norms for the pieces.

Load-bearing premise

The Littlewood-Paley pieces of the Mittag-Leffler symbol obey the required decay and summability estimates uniformly for every s outside the excluded interval around zero.

What would settle it

For fixed d=1, α=1, β=1, γ=0.1 and s=0.6, compute numerically whether the L^p norm of the Fourier transform remains finite at the p value predicted by the theory or diverges.

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Let $0<\alpha<2$, $\beta>0$ and $\alpha/2<|s|\leq 1$. In a previous work, we obtained all possible values of the Lebesgue exponent $p=p(\gamma)$ for which the Fourier transform of $ E_{\alpha,\beta}(e^{\dot{\imath}\pi s} |\cdot|^{\gamma} )$ is an $L^{p}(\mathbb{R}^d)$ function, when $\gamma>(d-1)/2$. We recover the more interesting lower regularity case $0<\gamma\leq (d-1)/2$, using tools from the Littlewood-Paley theory. This question arises in the analysis of certain space-time fractional diffusion and Schr\"{o}dinger problems and has been solved for the particular cases $\alpha\in (0,1)$, $\beta=\alpha,1$, and $s=-1/2,1$ via asymptotic analysis of Fox $H$-functions. The Littlewood-Paley theory provides a simpler proof that allows considering all values of $\beta,\gamma>0$ and $s\in (-1,1]\setminus [-\alpha/2,\alpha/2]$. This enabled us to prove various key estimates for a general class of nonlocal space-time problems.

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Summary. The manuscript uses Littlewood-Paley theory to establish the L^p integrability of the Fourier transform of the Mittag-Leffler function E_{α,β}(e^{iπ s} |·|^γ) in the regime 0<γ≤(d-1)/2 for 0<α<2, β>0 and s∈(-1,1]∖[-α/2,α/2]. This extends earlier results limited to γ>(d-1)/2 or to specific (α,β,s) values obtained via Fox H-function asymptotics, and the resulting estimates are applied to a class of nonlocal space-time fractional diffusion and Schrödinger problems.

Significance. If the uniformity claims hold, the LP approach supplies a simpler, parameter-uniform proof that removes the need for case-by-case asymptotic analysis and directly yields the admissible p(γ) for the full range of β and the stated s-interval. This would be a useful technical tool for the analysis of space-time fractional PDEs.

major comments (1)
  1. [Littlewood-Paley decomposition and estimates] The central claim requires that the Littlewood-Paley projections of f(x)=E_{α,β}(e^{iπ s}|x|^γ) obey decay and ℓ^p-summability estimates that remain uniform in β>0 when γ≤(d-1)/2. The abstract and the stress-test note give no indication of an explicit β-independent majorant or a verification that the β-dependent sectorial growth and the slow spatial variation of |x|^γ do not shift the frequency supports enough to destroy uniformity; this uniformity is load-bearing for the extension beyond the previously treated cases.
minor comments (1)
  1. [Abstract] The abstract states that the method recovers 'all possible values of the Lebesgue exponent p=p(γ)' but does not record the explicit range; stating the admissible p-interval would make the main theorem immediately readable.

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We thank the referee for the careful reading and constructive comments on the manuscript. We address the major comment below and will revise accordingly to strengthen the presentation.

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  1. Referee: [Littlewood-Paley decomposition and estimates] The central claim requires that the Littlewood-Paley projections of f(x)=E_{α,β}(e^{iπ s}|x|^γ) obey decay and ℓ^p-summability estimates that remain uniform in β>0 when γ≤(d-1)/2. The abstract and the stress-test note give no indication of an explicit β-independent majorant or a verification that the β-dependent sectorial growth and the slow spatial variation of |x|^γ do not shift the frequency supports enough to destroy uniformity; this uniformity is load-bearing for the extension beyond the previously treated cases.

    Authors: We agree that uniformity in β is essential and that the manuscript would benefit from a more explicit statement. The estimates in Section 3 are derived from the sectorial bounds on E_{α,β}(z) for |arg z| > α π/2 (which hold uniformly in β>0 for the fixed α and admissible s) combined with standard Littlewood-Paley multiplier theory for symbols with limited smoothness; the slow spatial variation of |x|^γ does not introduce β-dependent shifts in the frequency supports beyond what is already controlled by the dyadic decomposition. Nevertheless, an explicit β-independent majorant is not isolated in the abstract or stress-test note. In the revision we will add a dedicated remark after the main LP estimates that records the β-independent constants and verifies the frequency localization remains uniform, thereby making the load-bearing uniformity fully transparent. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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Littlewood-Paley application constitutes an independent derivation with no reduction to inputs

full rationale

The paper cites its own prior result only for the complementary regime γ>(d-1)/2 and then invokes standard Littlewood-Paley theory (decomposition, frequency localization, and ℓ^p summability of pieces) to treat the lower-regularity case 0<γ≤(d-1)/2 uniformly in β>0 and the stated s-interval. No equation or estimate is shown to be equivalent by construction to a fitted quantity, to a self-cited uniqueness theorem, or to an ansatz imported from the same author; the LP estimates are presented as direct consequences of the symbol's decay properties outside the excluded s-interval. The argument therefore remains self-contained against external benchmarks and receives the default non-circularity finding.

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Abstract-only review supplies no explicit free parameters, axioms, or invented entities. The argument appears to rest on standard properties of Littlewood-Paley theory and the Mittag-Leffler function.

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