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On the Fourier decay of multiplicative convolutions

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2024-02-28 v2

Abstract

We prove the following. Let μ1,,μn\mu_{1},\ldots,\mu_{n} be Borel probability measures on [1,1][-1,1] such that μj\mu_{j} has finite sjs_j-energy for certain indices sj(0,1]s_{j} \in (0,1] with s1++sn>1s_{1} + \ldots + s_{n} > 1. Then, the multiplicative convolution of the measures μ1,,μn\mu_{1},\ldots,\mu_{n} has power Fourier decay: there exists a constant τ=τ(s1,,sn)>0\tau = \tau(s_{1},\ldots,s_{n}) > 0 such that e2πiξx1xndμ1(x1)dμn(xn)ξτ \left| \int e^{-2\pi i \xi \cdot x_{1}\cdots x_{n}} \, d\mu_{1}(x_{1}) \cdots \, d\mu_{n}(x_{n}) \right| \leq |\xi|^{-\tau} for sufficiently large ξ|\xi|. This verifies a suggestion of Bourgain from 2010. We also obtain a quantitative Fourier decay exponent under a stronger assumption on the exponents sjs_{j}.

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@article{arxiv.2309.03068,
  title  = {On the Fourier decay of multiplicative convolutions},
  author = {Tuomas Orponen and Nicolas de Saxcé and Pablo Shmerkin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.03068},
  year   = {2024}
}

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v2: added result giving explicit Fourier decay, 26 pages