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Fourier series with small gaps

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

P. Isaza
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244-1150, U.S.A.
D. Waterman
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244-1150, U.S.A.
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Abstract

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A trigonometric series has “small gaps” if the difference of the orders of successive terms is bounded below by a number exceeding one. Wiener, Ingham and others have shown that if a function represented by such a series exhibits a certain behavior on a large enough subinterval I, this will have consequences for the behavior of the function on the whole circle group. Here we show that the assumption that f is in any one of various classes of functions of generalized bounded variation on I implies that the appropriate order condition holds for the magnitude of the Fourier coefficients. A generalized bounded variation condition coupled with a Zygmundtype condition on the modulus of continuity of the restriction of the function to I implies absolute convergence of the Fourier series.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1989

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