Conjectured sharp exponent 2/3 for the bilinear Heisenberg Kakeya inequality

Prove that the sharp L^p exponent in the bilinear Heisenberg Kakeya inequality of Theorem 1.1 equals 2/3; that is, show that the inequality holds with exponent p=2/3 and cannot hold with any smaller exponent.

Background

Motivated by combinatorial and incidence-geometric heuristics (including parallels with Szemerédi–Trotter and point–line duality), the authors conjecture that the optimal Lp exponent in Theorem 1.1 is 2/3.

They provide lower bounds showing that any valid exponent must be at least 2/3, and thus the conjecture pinpoints the expected sharp threshold.

References

Conjecture The sharp Lp exponent in Theorem 1.1 is 2/3.

A Bilinear Kakeya Inequality in the Heisenberg Group  (2604.02984 - Galanos, 3 Apr 2026) in Conjecture 4.1, Section 4.2