ATS theorem

In mathematics, the ATS theorem is the theorem on the approximation of a

trigonometric sum by a shorter one. The application of the ATS theorem in certain problems of mathematical and theoretical physics can be very helpful.

History of the problem

In some fields of mathematics and mathematical physics, sums of the form

:

S = \sum_{a

are under study.

Here \varphi(x) and f(x) are real valued functions of a real

argument, and i^2= -1.

Such sums appear, for example, in number theory in the analysis of the

Riemann zeta function, in the solution of problems connected with

integer points in the domains on plane and in space, in the study of the

Fourier series, and in the solution of such differential equations as the wave equation, the potential equation, the heat conductivity equation.

The problem of approximation of the series (1) by a suitable function was studied already by Euler and

Poisson.

We shall define

the length of the sum S

to be the number b-a

(for the integers a and b, this is the number of the summands in S).

Under certain conditions on \varphi(x) and f(x)

the sum S can be

substituted with good accuracy by another sum S_1,

:

S_1 = \sum_{\alpha

where the length \beta-\alpha is far less than b-a.

First relations of the form

:

S = S_1 + R , \qquad (3)

where S , S_1 are the sums (1) and (2) respectively, R is

a remainder term, with concrete functions \varphi(x) and f(x),

were obtained by G. H. Hardy and J. E. Littlewood,{{cite journal | last1=Hardy | first1=G. H. | last2=Littlewood | first2=J. E. | title=Some problems of diophantine approximation: Part II. The trigonometrical series associated with the elliptic θ-functions | journal=Acta Mathematica | publisher=International Press of Boston | volume=37 | year=1914 | issn=0001-5962 | doi=10.1007/bf02401834 | pages=193–239|doi-access=free}}{{cite journal | last1=Hardy | first1=G. H. | last2=Littlewood | first2=J. E. | title=Contributions to the theory of the riemann zeta-function and the theory of the distribution of primes | journal=Acta Mathematica | publisher=International Press of Boston | volume=41 | year=1916 | issn=0001-5962 | doi=10.1007/bf02422942 | pages=119–196|doi-access=free}}{{cite journal | last1=Hardy | first1=G. H. | last2=Littlewood | first2=J. E. | title=The zeros of Riemann's zeta-function on the critical line | journal=Mathematische Zeitschrift | publisher=Springer Science and Business Media LLC | volume=10 | issue=3–4 | year=1921 | issn=0025-5874 | doi=10.1007/bf01211614 | pages=283–317| s2cid=126338046 | url=https://zenodo.org/record/1447415 }}

when they

deduced approximate functional equation for the Riemann zeta function

\zeta(s) and by I. M. Vinogradov,I. M. Vinogradov.

On the average value of the number of classes of purely root

form of the negative determinant

Communic. of Khar. Math. Soc., 16, 10–38 (1917). in the study of

the amounts of integer points in the domains on plane.

In general form the theorem

was proved by J. Van der Corput,{{cite journal | last=van der Corput | first=J. G. | title=Zahlentheoretische Abschätzungen | journal=Mathematische Annalen | publisher=Springer Science and Business Media LLC | volume=84 | issue=1–2 | year=1921 | issn=0025-5831 | doi=10.1007/bf01458693 | pages=53–79 | s2cid=179178113 | language=de}}{{cite journal | last=van der Corput | first=J. G. | title=Verschärfung der Abschätzung beim Teilerproblem | journal=Mathematische Annalen | publisher=Springer Science and Business Media LLC | volume=87 | issue=1–2 | year=1922 | issn=0025-5831 | doi=10.1007/bf01458035 | pages=39–65 | s2cid=177789678 | language=de}} (on the recent

results connected with the Van der Corput theorem one can read at

{{cite book | last=Montgomery | first=Hugh | title=Ten lectures on the interface between analytic number theory and harmonic analysis | publisher=Published for the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences by the American Mathematical Society | location=Providence, R.I | year=1994 | isbn=978-0-8218-0737-8 | oclc=30811108 }}).

In every one of the above-mentioned works,

some restrictions on the functions

\varphi(x) and f(x) were imposed. With

convenient (for applications) restrictions on

\varphi(x) and f(x), the theorem was proved by A. A. Karatsuba in {{cite journal | last=Karatsuba | first=A. A. | title=Approximation of exponential sums by shorter ones | journal=Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Section A | publisher=Springer Science and Business Media LLC | volume=97 | issue=1–3 | year=1987 | issn=0370-0089 | doi=10.1007/bf02837821 | pages=167–178| s2cid=120389154 }} (see also,A. A. Karatsuba, S. M. Voronin. The Riemann Zeta-Function. (W. de Gruyter, Verlag: Berlin, 1992).A. A. Karatsuba, M. A. Korolev. The theorem on the approximation of a trigonometric sum by a shorter one. Izv. Ross. Akad. Nauk, Ser. Mat. 71:3, pp. 63—84 (2007).).

Certain notations

[1]. For B > 0, B \to +\infty,

or B \to 0, the record

:: 1 \ll \frac{A}{B} \ll 1

: means that there are the constants C_1 > 0

: and C_2 > 0,

: such that

:: C_1 \leq\frac

A
{B} \leq C_2.

[2]. For a real number \alpha, the record \|\alpha\| means that

:: \|\alpha\| = \min(\{\alpha\},1- \{\alpha\}),

:where

:: \{\alpha\}

:is the fractional part of \alpha.

ATS theorem

Let the real functions ƒ(x) and \varphi(x) satisfy on the segment [ab] the following conditions:

1) f(x) and \varphi(x) are continuous;''

2) there exist numbers

H, U and V such that

:: H > 0, \qquad 1 \ll U \ll V, \qquad 0 < b-a \leq V

:and

::

\begin{array}{rc}

\frac{1}{U} \ll f''(x) \ll \frac{1}{U} \ ,& \varphi(x) \ll H ,\\ \\

f'''(x) \ll \frac{1}{UV} \ ,& \varphi'(x) \ll \frac{H}{V} ,\\ \\

f(x) \ll \frac{1}{UV^2} \ ,& \varphi''(x) \ll \frac{H}{V^2} . \\ \\

\end{array}

Then, if we define the numbers x_\mu from the equation

:

f'(x_\mu) = \mu,

we have

:

\sum_{a< \mu\le b} \varphi(\mu)e^{2\pi i f(\mu)} = \sum_{f'(a)\le\mu\le

f'(b)}C(\mu)Z(\mu) + R ,

where

:

R = O

\left(\frac{HU}{b-a} + HT_a + HT_b +

H\log\left(f'(b)-f'(a)+2\right)\right);

:

T_j =

\begin{cases}

0, & \text{if } f'(j) \text{ is an integer}; \\

\min\left(\frac{1}{\|f'(j)\|}, \sqrt{U}\right), &

\text{if } \|f'(j)\| \ne 0; \\

\end{cases}

j = a,b;

:

C(\mu) =

\begin{cases}

1, & \text{if } f'(a) < \mu < f'(b) ; \\

\frac{1}{2},& \text{if }

\mu = f'(a)\text{ or }\mu = f'(b) ;\\

\end{cases}

:

Z(\mu) = \frac{1+i}{\sqrt2} \frac{\varphi(x_\mu)}{\sqrt{f''(x_\mu)}} e^{2\pi i(f(x_\mu)- \mu x_\mu)} \ .

The most simple variant of the formulated theorem is the statement, which is called in the literature the Van der Corput lemma.

Van der Corput lemma

Let f be a real differentiable function in the interval ]a,b], moreover, inside of this interval, its derivative f' is a monotonic and a sign-preserving function, and for the constant \delta such that 0 < \delta < 1 satisfies the inequality |f'| \leq \delta . Then

:

\sum_{a

\theta\left(3 + \frac{2\delta}{1-\delta}\right),

where |\theta| \le 1.

Remark

If the parameters a and b are integers, then it is possible to substitute the last relation by the following ones:

:

\sum_{a

where |\theta| \le 1.

Additional sources

On the applications of ATS to the problems of physics see:

  • {{cite journal | last=Karatsuba | first=Ekatherina A. | title=Approximation of sums of oscillating summands in certain physical problems | journal=Journal of Mathematical Physics | publisher=AIP Publishing | volume=45 | issue=11 | year=2004 | issn=0022-2488 | doi=10.1063/1.1797552 | pages=4310–4321}}
  • {{cite journal | last=Karatsuba | first=Ekatherina A. | title=On an approach to the study of the Jaynes–Cummings sum in quantum optics | journal=Numerical Algorithms | publisher=Springer Science and Business Media LLC | volume=45 | issue=1–4 | date=2007-07-20 | issn=1017-1398 | doi=10.1007/s11075-007-9070-x | pages=127–137| s2cid=13485016 }}
  • {{cite journal | last1=Chassande-Mottin | first1=Éric | last2=Pai | first2=Archana | title=Best chirplet chain: Near-optimal detection of gravitational wave chirps | journal=Physical Review D | publisher=American Physical Society (APS) | volume=73 | issue=4 | date=2006-02-27 | issn=1550-7998 | doi=10.1103/physrevd.73.042003 | arxiv=gr-qc/0512137 | page=042003| hdl=11858/00-001M-0000-0013-4BBD-B | s2cid=56344234 | hdl-access=free }}
  • {{cite journal | last1=Fleischhauer | first1=M. | last2=Schleich | first2=W. P. | title=Revivals made simple: Poisson summation formula as a key to the revivals in the Jaynes-Cummings model | journal=Physical Review A | publisher=American Physical Society (APS) | volume=47 | issue=5 | date=1993-05-01 | issn=1050-2947 | doi=10.1103/physreva.47.4258 | pages=4258–4269| pmid=9909432 }}

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