Necessary Conditions for Single-Critical-Point Higher-Order Szeg\H{o} Sum Rules in OPUC
Abstract
We prove the necessity part of the higher-order Szeg\H{o} theorem on the unit circle for the single-critical-point weights , . If are the Verblunsky coefficients of a nontrivial probability measure , then the weighted Szeg\H{o} condition implies The proof uses a finite-volume version of Yan's higher-order sum rule. The quadratic part yields the -th difference energy, and the logarithmic tail yields the -control. The non-sign-definite critical terms are treated in two steps. First, the quartic principal critical block is isolated using the Yan quotient-algebra normal representative and shown to have a positive semidefinite Gram representation. Second, the remaining non-principal critical terms are controlled by the diagonal-vanishing property together with the Breuer--Simon--Zeitouni normal form, discrete interpolation, and Young's inequality. These estimates yield a uniform finite-volume coercive bound, from which the necessity theorem follows for all .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2605.06722,
title = {Necessary Conditions for Single-Critical-Point Higher-Order Szeg\H{o} Sum Rules in OPUC},
author = {Daxiong Piao},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.06722},
year = {2026}
}