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analysis.fourier.riemann_lebesgue_lemma

The Riemann-Lebesgue Lemma #

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In this file we prove the Riemann-Lebesgue lemma, for functions on finite-dimensional real vector spaces V: if f is a function on V (valued in a complete normed space E), then the Fourier transform of f, viewed as a function on the dual space of V, tends to 0 along the cocompact filter. Here the Fourier transform is defined by

λ w : V →L[ℝ] ℝ, ∫ (v : V), exp (↑(2 * π * w v) * I) • f x.

This is true for arbitrary functions, but is only interesting for functions (if f is not integrable then the integral is zero for all w). This is proved first for continuous compactly-supported functions on inner-product spaces; then we pass to arbitrary functions using the density of continuous compactly-supported functions in space. Finally we generalise from inner-product spaces to arbitrary finite-dimensional spaces, by choosing a continuous linear equivalence to an inner-product space.

Main results #

Shifting f by (1 / (2 * ‖w‖ ^ 2)) • w negates the integral in the Riemann-Lebesgue lemma.

Rewrite the Fourier integral in a form that allows us to use uniform continuity.

Riemann-Lebesgue Lemma for continuous and compactly-supported functions: the integral ∫ v, exp (-2 * π * ⟪w, v⟫ * I) • f v tends to 0 wrt cocompact V. Note that this is primarily of interest as a preparatory step for the more general result tendsto_integral_exp_inner_smul_cocompact in which f can be arbitrary.

Riemann-Lebesgue lemma for functions on a real inner-product space: the integral ∫ v, exp (-2 * π * ⟪w, v⟫ * I) • f v tends to 0 as w → ∞.

The Riemann-Lebesgue lemma for functions on .

The Riemann-Lebesgue lemma for functions on , formulated via real.fourier_integral.

Riemann-Lebesgue lemma for functions on a finite-dimensional inner-product space, formulated via dual space. Do not use -- it is only a stepping stone to tendsto_integral_exp_smul_cocompact where the inner-product-space structure isn't required.

Riemann-Lebesgue lemma for functions on a finite-dimensional real vector space, formulated via dual space.

The Riemann-Lebesgue lemma, formulated in terms of vector_fourier.fourier_integral (with the pairing in the definition of fourier_integral taken to be the canonical pairing between V and its dual space).