Prompt: Parabolic Pucci conjecture
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I am attaching `mathematical_research_goal.md`.
Read it completely and use it as the research procedure for this task.
Resolve the exact problem below. Seek a complete, rigorous solution, not merely
an approach or a literature-status answer. Preserve every hypothesis and quantifier.
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background continuation.
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```latex
\paragraph{Parabolic analogue of Pucci's problem: the sharp integrability range.}
Fix an integer $n\ge2$ and $0<\delta<1/n$.
Let
\[
B_1=\{x\in\mathbb R^n:|x|<1\},
\qquad
Q_1=B_1\times(0,1),
\]
where $|\cdot|$ is the Euclidean norm, and define the parabolic
boundary by
\[
\partial_{\mathrm{par}}Q_1
=
\bigl(\overline{B_1}\times\{0\}\bigr)
\cup
\bigl(\partial B_1\times[0,1]\bigr).
\]
Consider all Lebesgue-measurable symmetric matrix fields
$A=(a_{ij}):Q_1\to\mathbb R^{n\times n}$ satisfying,
for almost every $(x,t)\in Q_1$,
\[
\operatorname{tr}A(x,t)=1,
\qquad
\xi^T A(x,t)\xi\ge\delta|\xi|^2
\quad\text{for every }\xi\in\mathbb R^n,
\]
and define
\[
\mathcal P_Au
=
\frac{\partial u}{\partial t}
-
\sum_{i,j=1}^n a_{ij}(x,t)
\frac{\partial^2u}{\partial x_i\partial x_j}.
\]
For $1\le p<\infty$, call $p$ admissible if there exists a finite
constant $C=C(n,\delta,p)>0$ such that
\[
\max_{(x,t)\in\overline{Q_1}}|u(x,t)|
\le
C\left(
\int_0^1\int_{B_1}
|\mathcal P_Au(x,t)|^p\,dx\,dt
\right)^{1/p}
\]
for every such $A$ and every real-valued
\[
u\in C(\overline{Q_1})\cap C^{2,1}(Q_1)
\]
satisfying
\[
u=0\quad\text{on }\partial_{\mathrm{par}}Q_1,
\qquad
\mathcal P_Au\in L^p(Q_1).
\]
Here $C^{2,1}$ means twice continuously differentiable in the
spatial variables and once continuously differentiable in time;
$dx\,dt$ is space--time Lebesgue measure.
The constant is independent of $A$ and $u$.
Set
\[
\mathcal E_{\mathrm{par}}(n,\delta)
=
\{p\in[1,\infty):p\text{ is admissible}\}.
\]
The problem is to
\[
\boxed{
\text{determine }\mathcal E_{\mathrm{par}}(n,\delta)
\text{ exactly as a function of }n\text{ and }\delta.
}
\]
Equivalently, determine the critical exponent
\[
p_{\mathrm{par}}(n,\delta)
:=
\inf\mathcal E_{\mathrm{par}}(n,\delta)
\]
and settle whether the estimate holds at
$p=p_{\mathrm{par}}(n,\delta)$.
Thus the task includes identifying the sharp threshold and
deciding whether the admissible range is
\[
(p_{\mathrm{par}}(n,\delta),\infty)
\qquad\text{or}\qquad
[p_{\mathrm{par}}(n,\delta),\infty).
\]
Sharpness requires showing that for every excluded exponent
$p\in[1,\infty)$ there are coefficient fields $A_k$ and functions
$u_k$ satisfying the conditions above such that
\[
\max_{\overline{Q_1}}|u_k|=1,
\qquad
\|\mathcal P_{A_k}u_k\|_{L^p(Q_1)}\longrightarrow0.
\]
```
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First preserve the exact target in `checkpoint.md` when file writing is available.
Keep normalization brief, perform a concrete mathematical probe, and then develop
the strongest route. Continue beyond setup while resources remain. Distinguish
conditional progress from a solution, and audit a complete candidate before
claiming a resolution.
Any notes or prior attempts I supply outside the target are context, not extra
hypotheses unless I explicitly designate them as such.