We prove the following restricted projection theorem. Let
n≥3 and
Σ⊂Sn be an
(n−1)-dimensional
C2 manifold such that
Σ has sectional curvature
>1. Let
Z⊂Rn+1 be
analytic and let
0 < s < \min\{\dim Z, 1\}. Then \begin{equation*}
\dim \{z \in \Sigma : \dim (Z \cdot z) < s\} \le (n-2)+s = (n-1) + (s-1) <
n-1. \end{equation*} In particular, for almost every
z∈Σ, $\dim (Z
\cdot z) = \min\{\dim Z, 1\}$.
The core idea, originated from K\"{a}enm\"{a}ki-Orponen-Venieri, is to
transfer the restricted projection problem to the study of the dimension lower
bound of Furstenberg sets of cinematic family contained in
C2([0,1]n−1).
This cinematic family of functions with multivariables are extensions of those
of one variable by Pramanik-Yang-Zahl and Sogge. Since the Furstenberg sets of
cinematic family contain the affine Furstenberg sets as a special case, the
dimension lower bound of Furstenberg sets improves the one by H\'{e}ra,
H\'{e}ra-Keleti-M\'{a}th\'{e} and D{\k{a}}browski-Orponen-Villa.
Moreover, our method to show the restricted projection theorem can also give
a new proof for the Mattila's projection theorem in
Rn with $n \ge
3$.