A discrete Hardy uncertainty principle
Classical Analysis and ODEs
2026-05-06 v1 Complex Variables
Abstract
We show that knowing the decay of a function on a discrete set and the decay of its Fourier transform on a discrete set is enough to determine the global decay of and , provided that is a supercritical pair in the sense of Kulikov, Nazarov, and Sodin. This decay transfer result leads to a discrete generalization of Morgan's uncertainty principle: it is enough to require for all and for all , where are H\"{o}lder conjugates, , and . For and , we also show that any such function must be a scaled Gaussian. This yields a discrete version of Hardy's uncertainty principle and resolves two questions posed by Ramos and Sousa.
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@article{arxiv.2605.03679,
title = {A discrete Hardy uncertainty principle},
author = {Torgeir Keun Lysen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.03679},
year = {2026}
}
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16 pages