Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4605402 | Applied and Computational Harmonic Analysis | 2010 | 16 Pages |
Abstract
Based on a result of Rösler and Voit for ultraspherical polynomials, we derive an uncertainty principle for compact Riemannian manifolds M. The frequency variance of a function in L2(M) is therein defined by means of the radial part of the Laplace–Beltrami operator. The proof of the uncertainty rests upon Dunkl theory. In particular, a special differential-difference operator is constructed which plays the role of a generalized root of the radial Laplacian. Subsequently, we prove with a family of Gaussian-like functions that the deduced uncertainty is asymptotically sharp. Finally, we specify in more detail the uncertainty principles for well-known manifolds like the d-dimensional unit sphere and the real projective space.
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