Fourier transforms with only real zeros
Fourier transforms with only real zeros
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DOI:
10.1090/s0002-9939-1976-0434982-5
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1976-02
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C. Newman
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C. Newman
The class of even, nonnegative, finite measures p on the real line such that for any b > 0 the Fourier transform of exp(bt2) dp(t) has only real zeros is completely determined. This result is then applied to the Riemann hypothesis. 1. Main results. The problem of determining whether a Fourier transform has only real zeros arises in two rather disparate areas of mathematics: number theory and mathematical physics. In number theory, the problem is intimately associated with the Riemann hypothesis [T, Chapter 10], while in mathematical physics it is closely connected with the Lee-Yang theorem of statistical mechanics and quantum field theory [SGj, [NI], [N3]; see Kac's remarks in [P, pp. 424-426] for a discussion of the historical connection between these two topics. The results of this paper developed out of the study of certain quantum field theoretic problems, but for pedagogical reasons, we present them in the context of the Riemann hypothesis. Following standard practice, we define the Riemann xi function as (1.1) _(z) = s(s 1)7T`s/2r(S/2) (s)./2; s = iz + 2 where t (s) is the Riemann zeta function. _ is the Fourier transform of the strictly positive, even function,