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An example concerning Fourier analytic criteria for translational tiling

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2023-05-23 v3 Functional Analysis Metric Geometry

Abstract

It is well-known that the functions fL1(Rd)f \in L^1(\mathbb{R}^d) whose translates along a lattice Λ\Lambda form a tiling, can be completely characterized in terms of the zero set of their Fourier transform. We construct an example of a discrete set ΛR\Lambda \subset \mathbb{R} (a small perturbation of the integers) for which no characterization of this kind is possible: there are two functions f,gL1(R)f, g \in L^1(\mathbb{R}) whose Fourier transforms have the same set of zeros, but such that f+Λf + \Lambda is a tiling while g+Λg + \Lambda is not.

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@article{arxiv.2007.09930,
  title  = {An example concerning Fourier analytic criteria for translational tiling},
  author = {Nir Lev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.09930},
  year   = {2023}
}

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To appear in Revista Matematica Iberoamericana

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