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Necessary Conditions for Single-Critical-Point Higher-Order Szeg\H{o} Sum Rules in OPUC

Spectral Theory 2026-05-11 v1 Probability

Abstract

We prove the necessity part of the higher-order Szeg\H{o} theorem on the unit circle for the single-critical-point weights Hm(eiθ)=(1cosθ)mH_m(e^{i\theta})=(1-\cos\theta)^m, m1m\ge1. If {αn}n0\{\alpha_n\}_{n\ge0} are the Verblunsky coefficients of a nontrivial probability measure dμ=w(θ)dθ/(2π)+dμsd\mu=w(\theta)d\theta/(2\pi)+d\mu_{\mathrm s}, then the weighted Szeg\H{o} condition 02π(1cosθ)mlogw(θ)dθ2π>\int_0^{2\pi} (1-\cos\theta)^m\log w(\theta)\frac{d\theta}{2\pi}>-\infty implies Δmα2,α2m+2.\Delta^m\alpha\in\ell^2, \,\, \alpha\in\ell^{2m+2}. The proof uses a finite-volume version of Yan's higher-order sum rule. The quadratic part yields the mm-th difference energy, and the logarithmic tail yields the 2m+2\ell^{2m+2}-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 Yk,crit(m)Ikm+1k,2km,\mathcal Y_{k,\mathrm{crit}}^{(m)} \in \mathfrak I_k^{\,m+1-k}, \,\, 2\le k\le m, 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 m1m\ge1.

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@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}
}