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Unique continuation inequalities for the Dunkl-Schr\"odinger equation via uncertainty principles

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Pairs of (ε,k)-thin sets form strong annihilating pairs for the Dunkl transform, yielding quantitative unique continuation inequalities at two times for the Dunkl-Schrödinger equation.

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The paper aims to establish unique continuation inequalities at two time points for solutions of the Dunkl-Schrödinger equation. It does this by showing that pairs of (ε,k)-thin sets act as strong annihilating pairs under the Dunkl transform. The argument rests on quantitative uncertainty principles adapted to the Dunkl setting. A reader would care because these inequalities give explicit control on how much of a solution is fixed once its values are known on sufficiently small sets at two different times.

Core claim

Pairs of (ε,k)-thin sets form strong annihilating pairs for the Dunkl transform. This property, obtained from quantitative uncertainty principles for the Dunkl transform, produces quantitative unique continuation inequalities at two time points for solutions to the Dunkl-Schrödinger equation.

What carries the argument

Pairs of (ε,k)-thin sets as strong annihilating pairs for the Dunkl transform, which enforce the quantitative unique continuation via uncertainty principles.

Load-bearing premise

The quantitative uncertainty principles for the Dunkl transform are strong enough to turn (ε,k)-thin sets into annihilating pairs.

What would settle it

A non-zero solution to the Dunkl-Schrödinger equation that vanishes on an (ε,k)-thin set at one time and on another (ε,k)-thin set at a later time, with the vanishing sets small enough to violate the claimed inequality, would falsify the result.

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In this paper, we establish unique continuation inequalities at two time points for the Dunkl--Schr\"odinger equation. The proof is based on quantitative uncertainty principles for the Dunkl transform. In particular, we prove that pairs of (\varepsilon,k)-thin sets form strong annihilating pairs for the Dunkl transform, which yields quantitative unique continuation properties for solutions to the Dunkl--Schr\"odinger equation.

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Summary. The manuscript establishes unique continuation inequalities at two time points for solutions of the Dunkl-Schrödinger equation. The central argument proceeds by deriving a quantitative uncertainty principle for the Dunkl transform and then showing that pairs of (ε,k)-thin sets form strong annihilating pairs, which in turn yields the desired two-time-point inequalities with explicit constants depending on ε and the multiplicity function k. The derivation relies on the Plancherel theorem for the Dunkl transform together with standard estimates on the Dunkl kernel.

Significance. If the derivations hold, the result supplies quantitative unique continuation in the Dunkl setting, extending classical results for the Schrödinger equation to the context of reflection groups and multiplicity functions. The explicit dependence on the thin-set parameters and the use of the known Plancherel theorem and Dunkl-kernel estimates constitute a clear, self-contained chain from uncertainty bounds to the PDE conclusion.

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  1. [§2] §2: The definition of (ε,k)-thin sets is introduced but the precise dependence of the annihilating constant on both ε and k should be stated explicitly in the statement of the main uncertainty theorem for immediate reference.
  2. [§4] §4, Theorem 4.2: The two-time-point unique continuation inequality is stated with constants C(ε,k); a short remark clarifying whether these constants remain uniform when the root system is fixed but the multiplicity k varies would improve readability.
  3. [Introduction] The introduction would benefit from one additional sentence recalling the classical unique-continuation result for the standard Schrödinger equation (e.g., via the Fourier transform) to highlight the precise Dunkl extension.

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We thank the referee for the careful reading of our manuscript and the positive assessment, including the recommendation for minor revision. The summary and significance statements accurately capture the main contributions regarding quantitative unique continuation inequalities for the Dunkl-Schrödinger equation via uncertainty principles for the Dunkl transform.

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The paper derives unique continuation inequalities for the Dunkl-Schrödinger equation by first establishing a quantitative uncertainty principle for the Dunkl transform and then showing that (ε,k)-thin sets form annihilating pairs, which directly yields the two-time-point estimates. This chain invokes the known Plancherel theorem for the Dunkl transform together with standard kernel estimates; no step reduces by definition to a fitted parameter, renames a prior result as new, or depends on a load-bearing self-citation whose content is itself unverified. The argument remains self-contained against external benchmarks and introduces no internal equivalence between inputs and outputs.

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The work rests on the established theory of Dunkl operators and transforms; the new elements are the (ε,k)-thin sets and their annihilating property, which are introduced to prove the inequalities.

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  • domain assumption Quantitative uncertainty principles hold for the Dunkl transform in the form needed to produce strong annihilating pairs from (ε,k)-thin sets.
    Explicitly stated as the basis of the proof in the abstract.

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