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Lacunary Fourier series and a qualitative uncertainty principle for compact Lie groups

Functional Analysis 2010-07-08 v1

Abstract

We define lacunary Fourier series on a compact connected semisimple Lie group GG. If fL1(G)f \in L^1(G) has lacunary Fourier series, and vanishes on a non empty open set, then we prove that ff vanishes identically. This may be viewed as a qualitative uncertainty principle.

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@article{arxiv.1007.1027,
  title  = {Lacunary Fourier series and a qualitative uncertainty principle for compact Lie groups},
  author = {E K Narayanan and A Sitaram},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.1027},
  year   = {2010}
}