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Fourier non-uniqueness sets from totally real number fields

Number Theory 2022-06-09 v3 Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

Let KK be a totally real number field of degree n2n \geq 2. The inverse different of KK gives rise to a lattice in Rn\mathbb{R}^n. We prove that the space of Schwartz Fourier eigenfunctions on Rn\mathbb{R}^n which vanish on the "component-wise square root" of this lattice, is infinite dimensional. The Fourier non-uniqueness set thus obtained is a discrete subset of the union of all spheres mSn1\sqrt{m}S^{n-1} for integers m0m \geq 0 and, as mm \rightarrow \infty, there are cKmn1\sim c_{K} m^{n-1} many points on the mm-th sphere for some explicit constant cKc_{K}, proportional to the square root of the discriminant of KK. This contrasts a recent Fourier uniqueness result by Stoller. Using a different construction involving the codifferent of KK, we prove an analogue of our results for discrete subsets of ellipsoids. In special cases, these sets also lie on spheres with more densely spaced radii, but with fewer points on each. We also study a related question about existence of Fourier interpolation formulas with nodes "Λ\sqrt{\Lambda}" for general lattices ΛRn\Lambda \subset \mathbb{R}^n. Using results about lattices in Lie groups of higher rank, we prove that, if n2n \geq 2 and if a certain group ΓΛPSL2(R)n\Gamma_{\Lambda} \leq \operatorname{PSL}_2(\mathbb{R})^n is discrete, then such interpolation formulas cannot exist. Motivated by these more general considerations, we revisit the case of one radial variable and prove, for all n5n \geq 5 and all real λ>2\lambda > 2, Fourier interpolation results for sequences of spheres 2m/λSn1\sqrt{2 m/ \lambda}S^{n-1}, where mm ranges over any fixed cofinite set of non-negative integers. The proof relies on a series of Poincar\'e type for Hecke groups of infinite covolume, similarly to the construction previously used by Stoller.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2108.11828,
  title  = {Fourier non-uniqueness sets from totally real number fields},
  author = {Danylo Radchenko and Martin Stoller},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.11828},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

29 pages, 2 figures; minor changes in the introduction; to appear in Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici

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