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Stealthy point processes and lattice induction

Probability 2026-07-28 v1 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

We prove a realization theorem for stealthy point processes based on lattice induction, together with a converse in dimension one. Every probability-preserving Rd\mathbb R^d-action induced from a full-rank lattice admits a generating Delone cross-section whose Bartlett spectrum vanishes on a neighborhood of the origin. The construction can be chosen so that first-order linear statistics detect a nonzero part of the inducing spectral type. Bernoulli bases yield a nonzero absolutely continuous component, while weakly mixing bases of singular maximal spectral type yield a nonzero singular-continuous component. To our knowledge, these are the first rigorously constructed translation-invariant stealthy point processes on Rd\mathbb R^d with non-pure-point Bartlett spectrum. Conversely, let η\eta be an ergodic translation-invariant point process on R\mathbb R with positive intensity and local second moments. If 0<ξ<11ξ2dση(ξ)<, \int_{0<|\xi|<1}\frac{1}{\xi^2}\,d\sigma_\eta(\xi)<\infty, then its translation action has a nonzero eigenvalue and is lattice-induced. Consequently, an ergodic probability-preserving Borel R\mathbb R-space is lattice-induced if and only if it admits a generating stealthy Delone cross-section. This should be compared with a theorem of Borichev, Sodin and Weiss stating that a translation-invariant point process on Z\mathbb Z with proper spectral support is periodic.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2607.25616,
  title  = {Stealthy point processes and lattice induction},
  author = {Michael Björklund},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.25616},
  year   = {2026}
}

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