Higher order Fourier analysis as an algebraic theory I

Higher order Fourier analysis as an algebraic theory II

Our approach to higher order Fourier analysis is to study the ultra product of finite (or compact) Abelian groups on which a new algebraic theory appears. This theory has consequences on finite (or compact) groups usually in the form of approximative statements. The present paper is the second part of a paper in which higher order characters and decompositions were introduced. We generalize the concept of the Pontrjagin dual group and introduce higher order versions of it. We study the algebraic structure of the higher order dual groups. We prove a simple formula for the Gowers uniformity norm…

Higher order Fourier analysis as an algebraic theory III

For every natural number k we introduce the notion of k-th order convolution of functions on abelian groups. We study the group of convolution preserving automorphisms of function algebras in the limit. It turns out that such groups have k-nilpotent factor groups explaining why k-th order Fourier analysis has non-commutative features. To demonstrate our method in the quadratic case we develop a new quadratic representation theory on finite abelian groups. We introduce the notion of a quadrtic nil-morphism of an abelian group into a two step nil-manifold. We prove a structure theorem saying tha…

On higher order Fourier analysis

We develop a theory of higher order structures in compact abelian groups. In the frame of this theory we prove general inverse theorems and regularity lemmas for Gowers's uniformity norms. We put forward an algebraic interpretation of the notion "higher order Fourier analysis" in terms of continuous morphisms between structures called compact $k$-step nilspaces. As a byproduct of our results we obtain a new type of limit theory for functions on abelian groups in the spirit of the so-called graph limit theory. Our proofs are based on an exact (non-approximative) version of higher order Fourier …

高阶傅里叶分析中的谱算法

Spectral algorithms in higher-order Fourier analysis

本文提出基于算子谱分解的简单实用算法框架，针对二次情况进行了详细分析，并揭示了高阶傅里叶分析理论的新谱特性，证明了基于高阶特征分解的Gowers范数逆定理和正则性定理。

First order deformations of the Fourier matrix

The $N\times N$ complex Hadamard matrices form a real algebraic manifold $C_N$. The singularity at a point $H\in C_N$ is described by a filtration of cones $T^\times_HC_N\subset T^\circ_HC_N\subset T_HC_N\subset\widetilde{T}_HC_N$, coming from the trivial, affine, smooth and first order deformations. We study here these cones in the case where $H=F_N$ is the Fourier matrix, $(w^{ij})$ with $w=e^{2πi/N}$, our main result being a simple description of $\widetilde{T}_HC_N$. As a consequence, the rationality conjecture $dim_\mathbb R(\widetilde{T}_HC_N)=dim_\mathbb Q(\widetilde{T}_HC_N\cap M_N(\ma…