Decoupling for degenerate hypersurfaces

Abstract

We utilise the two principles of decoupling introduced in arXiv:2407.16108 to prove the following conditional result: assuming uniform decoupling for graphs of polynomials in all dimensions with identically zero Gaussian curvature, we can prove decoupling for all smooth hypersurfaces in all dimensions. Moreover, we are able to prove (unconditional) decoupling for all smooth hypersurfaces in $\mathbb R^4$ and graphs of homogeneous polynomials in $\mathbb R^5$.