Hermite polynomials, linear flows on the torus, and an uncertainty principle for roots

DOI10.1016/J.JMAA.2017.02.030zbMATH Open1373.33018arXiv1602.03366OpenAlexW2962891031MaRDI QIDQ2408596FDOQ2408596

Diogo Oliveira e Silva, Felipe Gonçalves, Stefan Steinerberger

Publication date: 12 October 2017

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study a recent result of Bourgain, Clozel and Kahane, a version of which states that a sufficiently nice function $f:mathbbRightarrowmathbbR$ that coincides with its Fourier transform and vanishes at the origin has a root in the interval $(c,infty)$, where the optimal $c$ satisfies $0.41leqcleq0.64$. A similar result holds in higher dimensions. We improve the one-dimensional result to $0.45leqcleq0.594$, and the lower bound in higher dimensions. We also prove that extremizers exist, and have infinitely many double roots. With this purpose in mind, we establish a new structure statement about Hermite polynomials which relates their pointwise evaluation to linear flows on the torus, and applies to other families of orthogonal polynomials as well.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1602.03366

zbMATH Keywords

Fourier transformHermite polynomialsuncertainty principle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Orthogonal polynomials and functions of hypergeometric type (Jacobi, Laguerre, Hermite, Askey scheme, etc.) (33C45) Fourier and Fourier-Stieltjes transforms and other transforms of Fourier type (42A38) Fourier and Fourier-Stieltjes transforms and other transforms of Fourier type (42B10)

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