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For the forward implication, finite order of a distribution makes $F(\zeta )=⟨u,e^{-ix\cdot \zeta }⟩$ entire. Use a smooth cutoff in an $\epsilon$-neighborhood of the support set, with derivatives of order $j$ bounded by $C_j{\epsilon }^{-j}$. Taking $\epsilon =(1+|\zeta |{)}^{-1}$ in the finite-order estimate gives the polynomial factor and adds at most $e$ to the desired exponential bound. This shrinking cutoff recovers the exact support indicator, instead of an arbitrarily enlarged one.

For the converse, the real restriction of $F$ has polynomial growth and defines an inverse tempered distribution. If a test function $\phi$ is supported in $x\cdot \omega \ge R+\eta$ for a unit vector $\omega$ and $\eta >0$, contour shifting givesRepeated integration by parts gives, for every integer $M$,Choosing $2M>N+n$ justifies the shift by Cauchy integral theorem and bounds the pairing by $C^{\prime }(1+t{)}^{N+2M}{e}^{-\eta t}$, which tends to zero. Half-spaces of this form cover the complement of the ball, and a partition of unity proves the support inclusion. For general compact convex $K$, replace $R$ by $H_K(\omega )$ in each separating direction. Fourier inversion gives uniqueness. A related proof outline appears in Richard Melrose's distribution-theory problem set.

For $u\in {\mathcal{E}}^{\prime }$, choose a cutoff function $\chi =1$ on a neighborhood of its support. Its extension to smooth functions makesindependent of the choice of cutoff. For real frequency, the definition of the distributional Fourier transform gives $F(\lambda )=\hat{u}(\lambda )$: interchange the pairing with the integral of a Schwartz function, using the finite-order estimate on the cutoff's compact support. On each compact set of complex frequencies the exponential and all its $x$ derivatives have uniformly convergent power series. Continuity of the distribution allows termwise differentiation, withConsequently $F$ is entire on ${\mathbb{C}}^n$.

For the precise exponential type, a fixed enlarged support would give an unnecessarily enlarged radius. Instead use the shrinking-cutoff exponential-type estimate. On one fixed compact neighborhood of the closed radius-$\delta$ ball, $u$ has finite order of a distribution $m$. Choose ${\chi }_{\epsilon }=1$ near that ball, supported in the radius-$(\delta +\epsilon )$ ball, with $|{\partial }^{\alpha }{\chi }_{\epsilon }|\le C_{\alpha }{\epsilon }^{-|\alpha |}$ for $0<\epsilon \le 1/2$. The finite-order estimate givesTake $\epsilon =[2(1+|z|){]}^{-1}$. Its extra exponential is bounded by $e^{1/2}$, while the derivative cost is polynomial. ThusThe entire function was defined with a fixed cutoff; only its bound uses a frequency-dependent cutoff, so no holomorphic dependence is lost. This proves the required estimate with some $N\ge 0$ without enlarging $\delta$.

For the converse, set $V(z)=e^{iz\cdot y}U(z)$. Its restriction to real frequencies has polynomial growth. Define the inverse tempered distribution $v$ byRapid decay of the Schwartz function transform proves convergence and continuity, and Fourier inversion gives $\hat{v}=V$ on real frequencies.

We prove its support directly by contour shifting, rather than assuming the support conclusion of the Paley–Wiener–Schwartz theorem. Let $\omega$ be a real unit vector and take a test function $\varphi$ supported in $x\cdot \omega \ge \delta +ϵ$ for some $ϵ>0$. For every integer $M\ge 0$, integration by parts in the real-frequency Fourier integral givesIndeed, move $(1-{\Delta }_x{)}^M$ from the oscillatory exponential to $e^{-t\omega \cdot x}\varphi$; its derivatives supply at most $2M$ powers of $t$.

The product $V(z)\hat{\varphi }(-z)$ is entire. Rotate coordinates so that $\omega$ is the first coordinate vector and apply Cauchy integral theorem to a rectangle in that one complex coordinate, integrating the remaining real coordinates afterwards. For fixed $t$, choose $2M>N+n+2$; the displayed decay estimate, uniformly on the intervening imaginary segment, makes the vertical faces vanish as the real rectangle width tends to infinity. The horizontal integrals are absolutely convergent. HenceUsing $(1+|\xi +it\omega |{)}^N\le C(1+t{)}^N(1+|\xi |{)}^N$ and the growth hypothesis bounds this pairing byIt tends to zero as $t\to \infty$, so the pairing vanishes. Every point outside the closed radius-$\delta$ ball lies in such a separating half-space; a finite partition of unity for the support of a test function outside the ball proves $\mathrm{supp}v\subset \overline{B}(0,\delta )$.

Translate this compactly supported distribution by $y$: define $⟨u,\varphi ⟩=⟨v,\varphi (\cdot +y)⟩$. The Translation property of the Fourier transform givesThe compact-support entire extension agrees with $U$ everywhere by the identity theorem, applied successively in the complex coordinates. Fourier inversion also gives uniqueness. This completes both directions of the ball version of the Paley–Wiener–Schwartz theorem.

For the wave equation, take a real constant $c\ne 0$. The Fourier transform method for the wave equation givesThis inverse tempered distribution is twice differentiable in $t$: time derivatives introduce polynomial frequency factors, still integrable against every Schwartz function. It has the specified initial displacement and zero initial velocity and satisfies the equation distributionally.

To apply the support theorem, replace the real norm by the entire wave cosine multiplierThis series is entire and equals $\cos (ct\sqrt{z\cdot z})$ regardless of the square-root choice. Write $z=a+ib$ and $q=\sqrt{z\cdot z}$. Since $|z\cdot z|\le |a{|}^2+|b{|}^2$,Together with $|\cos w|\le e^{|\mathrm{Im}w|}$, this yields $|C_t(z)|\le e^{|c|t|\mathrm{Im}z|}$. The forward estimate for the translated initial support now givesThe converse therefore proves finite propagation with the stated speed:In particular, $\sqrt{z\cdot z}$ itself need not be entire; it is the even cosine series that provides the required entire extension.

For completeness this construction identifies the distributional Cauchy solution even without initially assuming spatial temperedness. The zero-displacement wave multiplier is $S_{\tau }(z)={\int }_0^{\tau }{C}_s(z)ds$, entire with bound $|S_{\tau }(z)|\le \tau e^{|c|\tau |\mathrm{Im}z|}$. Given a compactly supported smooth $\varphi$ and final time $T$, the backward solution $w(s)={\mathcal{F}}^{-1}[S_{T-s}\hat{\varphi }]$ is smooth, has support in one compact ball for $0\le s\le T$ by the same support theorem, and satisfies $w(T)=0$, $w_s(T)=-\varphi$. For the difference $h$ of two distributional solutions with zero initial data,All pairings use compactly supported test functions. The expression vanishes initially and equals $⟨h(T),\varphi ⟩$ finally. Hence $h(T)=0$, establishing uniqueness in the usual time-differentiable distributional solution class.

The Paley–Wiener–Schwartz theorem in its closed-ball form says that a tempered distribution $u$ is supported in ${\overline{B}}_R(0)$ if and only if its Fourier transform is the real restriction of an entire function $F$ on ${\mathbb{C}}^n$ satisfying, for some $C>0$ and integer $N\ge 0$,The distribution is unique by Fourier inversion. More generally a compact convex support set $K$ replaces $R|\mathrm{Im}\zeta |$ by its support function $H_K(\mathrm{Im}\zeta )$.

For the forward implication, a compactly supported distribution has finite order of a distribution, say $m$, on a fixed neighborhood of its support. Defineusing a cutoff equal to one near the support. Differentiation with respect to each complex coordinate is allowed in this pairing and gives ${\partial }_{{\zeta }_j}F=⟨u,-i{x}_j{e}^{-ix\cdot \zeta }⟩$, so $F$ is entire.

To obtain the exact radius $R$, rather than an enlarged radius, choose a cutoff function ${\chi }_{\epsilon }$ equal to one near ${\overline{B}}_R$ and supported in $B_{R+\epsilon }$, with derivatives through order $m$ bounded by $C_{\gamma }{\epsilon }^{-|\gamma |}$. Set $\epsilon =(1+|\zeta |{)}^{-1}$. The finite-order bound and the Leibniz rule giveThis proves the required growth estimate.

For the converse, $F$ has at most polynomial growth on real frequencies, so define its inverse tempered distribution byLet a compactly supported test function lie in a half-space $x\cdot \omega \ge R+\eta$, with $|\omega |=1$ and $\eta >0$. By contour shifting,Here is the decay needed to justify the shift and then let $t$ grow. Repeated integration by parts, applying $1-{\Delta }_x$ to $e^{-tx\cdot \omega }\phi (x)$, gives for every integer $M$,Choose $2M>N+n$. For each fixed $t$, this decay makes the vertical sides of a large rectangle vanish in the one complex coordinate parallel to $\omega$; Cauchy integral theorem then supplies the contour identity. Combining the two bounds yieldsThus $u$ vanishes on such test functions. Every point outside ${\overline{B}}_R$ has a neighborhood of this form. A partition of unity therefore proves $\mathrm{supp}u\subseteq {\overline{B}}_R$, completing the converse. The same argument with separating half-spaces proves the compact-convex-set form. This is the contour-shift proof of the Paley–Wiener–Schwartz theorem.

For a regular function $u$, the change of variables $y=tx$ givesThe map $\phi \mapsto \phi (\cdot /t)$ is continuous on the Schwartz space, so duality extends the dilation of a distribution toIts Fourier transform obeys $\widehat{{\delta }_{t}u}(\zeta )=t^{-n}F(\zeta /t)$. If the original support is in the unit ball, the theorem bounds $F$ by $C(1+|\zeta |{)}^N{e}^{|\mathrm{Im}\zeta |}$. HenceThe converse theorem gives the support law for distributional dilation

For $\Re s>1$, the Dirichlet series multiplication rule and $-{\zeta }^{\prime }/\zeta (s)={\sum }_{n\ge 1}\Lambda (n)n^{-s}$ giveApply an effective Perron formula on the line $\kappa =1+1/\log x$ and truncate atThe bound from part (c) controls the truncation error.

Use the classical zero-free region of the Riemann zeta functiontogether with ${\zeta }^{\prime }/\zeta (s)\ll {\log }^2(|\Im s|+3)$ there. Contour shifting moves the Perron contour to $\Re s=1-c_1/\log T$. The only crossed singularity is the double pole at $s=1$, whose residue is $x\log x+Ax$ by part (b). On the new contour,and the logarithmic-derivative bounds contribute only powers of $\log x$, which can be absorbed by reducing the positive constant in the exponential. The horizontal integrals and Perron truncation error are $O(x\exp (-c_2\sqrt{\log x}))$ as well. Therefore, for some $c>0$,