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A measurable equivariant Weierstrass theorem

Complex Variables 2026-07-06 v1 Dynamical Systems Logic

Abstract

This paper is a prequel to our recent work, "Equivariant Borel liftings in complex analysis and PDE" (arXiv:2507.12058). While the results presented here were established in that work in a more general and abstract setting, the purpose of this paper is to provide a direct proof of the equivariant Weierstrass theorem. It states that there exists a Borel map assigning to each non-periodic positive divisor Λ\Lambda an entire function FΛF_\Lambda such that the divisor of zeroes of FΛF_\Lambda is Λ\Lambda and such that FΛw(z)=FΛ(z+w)F_{\Lambda-w}(z) = F_\Lambda (z+w), wCw\in\mathbb{C}. In general, non-periodicity cannot be omitted, and Borel measurability cannot be strengthened to continuity. The two key ingredients are the Runge approximation theorem and the existence of "Borel toasts", which are Borel counterparts of Rokhlin towers from ergodic theory. We do not assume prior knowledge of descriptive set theory and have aimed to make the exposition self-contained, aside from several results taken from graduate textbooks.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2607.05542,
  title  = {A measurable equivariant Weierstrass theorem},
  author = {Konstantin Slutsky and Mikhail Sodin and Aron Wennman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.05542},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

This paper is a prequel to our recent work arXiv:2507.12058. The purpose is to provide a direct proof of the equivariant Weierstrass theorem, which appeared in arXiv:2507.12058 as an application of a more general abstract lifting theorem