Boas' formula and sampling theorem (Q2352962)

Summary: In 1937, \textit{R. P. Boas} [J. Lond. Math. Soc. 12, 164--165 (1937; Zbl 0017.07202)] gave a smart proof for an extension of the Bernstein theorem for trigonometric series. It is the purpose of the present note (i) to point out that a formula which Boas used in the proof is related with the Shannon sampling theorem; (ii) to present a generalized Parseval formula, which is suggested by the Boas' formula; and (iii) to show that this provides a very smart derivation of the Shannon sampling theorem for a function which is the Fourier transform of a distribution involving the Dirac delta function. It is also shows that, by the argument giving Boas' formula for the derivative \(f'(x)\) of a function \(f(x)\), we can derive the corresponding formula for \(f'''(x)\), by which we can obtain an upper bound of \(|f'''(x)+3R^2f'(x)|\). Discussions are given also on an extension of the Szegő theorem for trigonometric series, which Boas mentioned in the same paper.