Fourier interpolation on the real line

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Abstract: We use weakly holomorphic modular forms for the Hecke theta group to construct an explicit interpolation formula for Schwartz functions on the real line. The formula expresses the value of a function at any given point in terms of the values of the function and its Fourier transform on the set 0,pmsqrt1,pmsqrt2,pmsqrt3,dots.


The Schwartz class of real functions is defined as \(\mathcal{S}=\{f\in C^\infty(\mathbb{R}): \|f\|_{\alpha,\beta}<\infty, \alpha,\beta\ge0\}\) with seminorm \(\|f\|_{\alpha,\beta}=\sup_{x\in\mathbb{R}} |x^\alpha(\frac{d}{dx})^\beta f(x)|\). If we denote the Fourier transform of a function \(h\) by \(\widehat{h}\), then the main theorem of the paper states that there exists an interpolating basis \(\{a_n\}_{n=0}^\infty\subset\mathcal{S}_{\text{even}}\) of even Schwartz functions such that for every \(f\in\mathcal{S}_{\text{even}}\) it holds that \(f(x)=\sum_{n=0}^\infty a_n(x)f(\sqrt{n})+\sum_{n=0}^\infty \widehat{a}_n(x)\widehat{f}(\sqrt{n})\) for all \(x\in\mathbb{R}\) with absolutely converging right-hand side. A similar result is possible for odd functions in \(f\in\mathcal{S}\). The constructive proof shows that \(a_n\) is the average of two functions \(b_n^+(x)\) and \(b_n^-(x)\) that are integral transforms of \(g_n^\pm(z)\) which are holomorphic modular forms on the \(\theta\)-group \(\Gamma_\theta\) of weight \(3/2\). Although this links the interpolating problem to a rather general theory, the approach taken is largely self contained, introducing the subgroup \(\Gamma_\theta\) of \(\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{Z})\), the modular forms for \(\Gamma_\theta\), leading to the introduction of the \(g_n^\pm\) functions. It is suggested that perhaps the result can be extended to a larger class than Schwartz functions. The bottleneck for that is to estimate bounds for the growth of the functions \(b_n^\pm\).




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