Dimension-free Fourier restriction inequalities

Abstract: Let ${{\bf R}{\mathbb{S}^{d-1}}}(p\to q)$ denote the best constant for the $L^p(\mathbb{R}^d)\to L^q(\mathbb{S}^{d-1})$ Fourier restriction inequality to the unit sphere $\mathbb{S}^{d-1}$, and let ${\bf R}{\mathbb{S}^{d-1}} (p\to q;\textrm{rad})$ denote the corresponding constant for radial functions. We investigate the asymptotic behavior of the operator norms ${{\bf R}{\mathbb{S}^{d-1}}}(p\to q)$ and ${\bf R}{\mathbb{S}^{d-1}} (p\to q;\textrm{rad})$ as the dimension $d$ tends to infinity. We further establish a dimension-free endpoint Stein-Tomas inequality for radial functions, together with the corresponding estimate for general functions which we prove with an $O(d^{1/2})$ dependence. Our methods rely on a uniform two-sided refinement of Stempak's asymptotic $L^p$ estimate of Bessel functions.