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Polynomial potential minimization on the unit circle

General Mathematics 2025-01-22 v1

Abstract

In the following, we study the minimization of polynomial potentials f(t) f(t) on the unit circle, where the potentials take the form f(t)=i=1nbix2i,biR. f(t) = \sum_{i=1}^n b_i x^{2i}, \quad b_i \in \mathbb{R}. This form arises in the context of truncations of expansions of p p -frame potentials. One approach to minimize these potentials involves rewriting the integral as a sum of integrals obtained by expanding the potential f(t)=i=1nciTi(t) f(t) = \sum_{i=1}^n c_i T_i(t) in terms of Chebyshev polynomials. By replacing the inner product x,y \langle x, y \rangle with cos(θx,y) \cos(\theta_{x, y}) , we can reformulate the original problem as: minμP(T)TTf(x,y)dμ(x)dμ(y) \min_{\mu \in P(T)} \int_T \int_T f(\langle x, y \rangle) d\mu(x) d\mu(y) as an equivalent form: minνP([π,π])i=1nciππππcos(n(xy))dν(x)dν(y) \min_{\nu \in P([-\pi, \pi])} \sum_{i=1}^n c_i \int_{-\pi}^\pi \int_{-\pi}^\pi \cos(n(x - y)) d\nu(x) d\nu(y) .

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@article{arxiv.2501.10397,
  title  = {Polynomial potential minimization on the unit circle},
  author = {Josiah Park},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.10397},
  year   = {2025}
}

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