Fejér kernel

In mathematics, the Fejér kernel is a summability kernel used to express the effect of Cesàro summation on Fourier series. It is a non-negative kernel, giving rise to an approximate identity. It is named after the Hungarian mathematician Lipót Fejér (18801959).

Plot of several Fejér kernels

Definition

The Fejér kernel is defined as

where

is the kth order Dirichlet kernel. It can also be written in a closed form as

,

where this expression is defined.[1]

The Fejér kernel can also be expressed as

.

Properties

The Fejér kernel is a positive summability kernel. An important property of the Fejér kernel is with average value of .

Convolution

The convolution Fn is positive: for of period it satisfies

Since , we have , which is Cesàro summation of Fourier series.

By Young's convolution inequality,

for every

for .

Additionally, if , then

a.e.

Since is finite, , so the result holds for other spaces, as well.

If is continuous, then the convergence is uniform, yielding a proof of the Weierstrass theorem.

  • One consequence of the pointwise a.e. convergence is the uniqueness of Fourier coefficients: If with , then a.e. This follows from writing , which depends only on the Fourier coefficients.
  • A second consequence is that if exists a.e., then a.e., since Cesàro means converge to the original sequence limit if it exists.

See also

References

  1. Hoffman, Kenneth (1988). Banach Spaces of Analytic Functions. Dover. p. 17. ISBN 0-486-45874-1.
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