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arxiv: math/0312407 · v1 · submitted 2003-12-22 · 🧮 math.CO

An uncertainty inequality for finite abelian groups

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Let G be a finite abelian group of order n. For a complex valued function f on G, let \fht denote the Fourier transform of f. The uncertainty inequality asserts that if f \neq 0 then |supp(f)| |supp(\fht)| \geq n. Answering a question of Terence Tao, the following improvement of the classical inequality is shown: Let d_1<d_2 be two consecutive divisors of n. If d_1 \leq k=|supp(f)| \leq d_2 then: |supp(\fht)| \geq \frac{n(d_1+d_2-k)}{d_1 d_2}

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