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We prove pointwise in time decay estimates via an abstract conjugate operator method. This is then applied to a large class of dispersive equations.
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Communicated by Claude Alain Pillet.
Manuel Larenas was partially supported by NSF DMS-1201394. We thank the referees for valuable comments which helped to improve the manuscript.
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Georgescu, V., Larenas, M. & Soffer, A. Abstract Theory of Pointwise Decay with Applications to Wave and Schrödinger Equations. Ann. Henri Poincaré 17, 2075–2101 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00023-016-0459-8
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