A zero-5/2 law for cosine families

Abstract: Let

a i n R,

and let

k (a)

be the largest constant such that

s u p v e r t c o s (n a) - c o s (n b) v e r t e x t l e s s k (a)

for

b i n R

implies that

We show that if a cosine sequence

with values in a Banach algebra

A

satisfies

s u p_{n g e 1} V e r t C (n) - c o s (n a) . 1_{A} V e r t e x t l e s s k (a),

then

C (n) = c o s (n a)

for

Since

s q r t 5 o v e r 2 l e k (a) l e 8 o v e r 3 s q r t 3

for every

a i n R,

this shows that if some cosine family

(C (g))_{g i n G}

over an abelian group

G

in a Banach algebra satisfies

s u p_{g i n G} V e r t C (g) - c (g) V e r t e x t l e s s s q r t 5 o v e r 2

for some scalar cosine family

(c (g))_{g i n G},

then

C (g) = c (g)

for

g i n G,

and the constant

s q r t 5 o v e r 2

is optimal. We also describe the set of all real numbers

a i n [0, p i]

satisfying

k (a) l e 3 o v e r 2 .

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