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arxiv: math-ph/0504015 · v1 · submitted 2005-04-05 · 🧮 math-ph · cond-mat.stat-mech· hep-ph· hep-th· math.MP· nucl-th

On positive functions with positive Fourier transforms

classification 🧮 math-ph cond-mat.stat-mechhep-phhep-thmath.MPnucl-th
keywords positivealgebraconstraintsfourierfunctionspolynomialstransformsadding
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Using the basis of Hermite-Fourier functions (i.e. the quantum oscillator eigenstates) and the Sturm theorem, we derive the practical constraints for a function and its Fourier transform to be both positive. We propose a constructive method based on the algebra of Hermite polynomials. Applications are extended to the 2-dimensional case (i.e. Fourier-Bessel transforms and the algebra of Laguerre polynomials) and to adding constraints on derivatives, such as monotonicity or convexity.

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