On Pointwise Estimates of Positive Definite Functions With Given Support

DOI10.4153/CJM-2006-017-8zbMATH Open1129.42336arXivmath/0302193MaRDI QIDQ5480064FDOQ5480064

Authors: Mihail N. Kolountzakis, Szilárd Gy. Révész 

Publication date: 25 July 2006

Published in: Canadian Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The following problem originated from a question due to Paul Turan. Suppose $Omega$ is a convex body in Euclidean space $R{R}^d$ or in $T{T}^d$, which is symmetric about the origin. Over all positive definite functions supported in $Omega$, and with normalized value 1 at the origin, what is the largest possible value of their integral? From this Arestov, Berdysheva and Berens arrived to pose the analogous pointwise extremal problem for intervals in $RR$. That is, under the same conditions and normalizations, and for any particular point $zinOmega$, the supremum of possible function values at $z$ is to be found. However, it turns out that the problem for the real line has already been solved by Boas and Kac, who gave several proofs and also mentioned possible extensions to $R{R}^d$ and non-convex domains as well. We present another approach to the problem, giving the solution in $R{R}^d$ and for several cases in $T{T}^d$. In fact, we elaborate on the fact that the problem is essentially one-dimensional, and investigate non-convex open domains as well. We show that the extremal problems are equivalent to more familiar ones over trigonometric polynomials, and thus find the extremal values for a few cases. An analysis of the relation of the problem for the space $R{R}^d$ to that for the torus $T{T}^d$ is given, showing that the former case is just the limiting case of the latter. Thus the hiearachy of difficulty is established, so that trigonometric polynomial extremal problems gain recognition again.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0302193

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inequalities for sums, series and integrals (26D15) Trigonometric polynomials, inequalities, extremal problems (42A05) Positive definite functions in one variable harmonic analysis (42A82) Fourier and Fourier-Stieltjes transforms on locally compact and other abelian groups (43A25)

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