Diffraction theory and almost periodic distributions (Q504207)

The authors introduce and study the notion of translation bounded tempered distributions, based on the existing concept for measures. A formal definition of autocorrelation for a tempered distribution is given, as well as some sufficient conditions for the existence of an autocorrelation. The authors construct the Eberlein decomposition for tempered distributions and show that for a tempered distribution whose Fourier transform is measured, the Fourier transform carries the Eberlein decomposition of the distribution precisely into the Lebesgue decomposition of the Fourier dual measure. By extending the concept of mean to weakly almost periodic distributions, the authors show that the distributions with measure Fourier transform, the Fourier-Bohr coefficients of the distribution correspond to the intensity of the atoms in the pure point part of the measure.