\((LF)\) spaces and distributions on compact groups, and spectral synthesis on \(\mathbb R/2\pi \mathbb Z\) (Q2543250)

Let \(E\subseteq \mathbb R/2\pi \mathbb Z\) be closed with Lebesgue measure 0. \(\mathbb R/2\pi \mathbb Z\) is imbedded into compact groups \(\Gamma\) whose duals consist of additive subgroups of differentiable functions. This procedure is taken to utilize existing techniques to examine the structure of pseudo-measures \(T\). To each \(T\) there is a corresponding linear functional \(t\) on \(\Gamma\). It is proved that \(T\) is a measure if and only if \(t\) is a distribution on \(\Gamma\); and so there is a characterization of sets that are both Helson and spectral synthesis in terms of the existence of distributions on canonical imbedding groups. The space of more general distributions that contains the images of all pseudo-measures supported by \(E\) (without conditions of spectral synthesis) is also characterized.