Uniqueness for the Homogeneous Landau-Coulomb Equation in $L^{3/2}$

TL;DR

This paper proves the uniqueness of solutions to the homogeneous Landau-Coulomb equation in the critical space $L^{3/2}$, completing the global well-posedness theory and employing the $\

Contribution

It introduces a new uniqueness proof for $H$-solutions in $L^{3/2}$, utilizing the $\

Findings

Uniqueness of $H$-solutions in $L^{3/2}$ space.

Completes the global well-posedness theory for the equation.

Employs the $\

Abstract

We prove the uniqueness of $H$-solutions to the homogeneous Landau-Coulomb equation satisfying $\langle v \rangle^{k_0} f \in C([0, T]; L^{3/2}(\mathbb{R}^3))$ and $\langle v \rangle^{-3/2} \nabla_v ((\langle v \rangle^{k_0} f)^{3/4}) \in L^2((0, T) \times \mathbb{R}^3)$ for any $k_0 \geq 5$. In particular, this shows that the solutions constructed in~\cite{GGL25} are unique. The present work thus completes the global well-posedness theory in the critical space $L^{3/2}(\mathbb{R}^3)$. Our proof is part of a broader effort to use the $\mathcal{M}$-operator technique developed in~\cite{AGS2025, AMSY2020} to establish the uniqueness of rough solutions to nonlinear kinetic equations. When applied to the space-homogeneous case, the $\mathbb{M}$-operator can be taken simply as a Bessel potential operator.