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Use the Fourier transform convention $\hat{\phi }(\xi )=\int e^{-ix\cdot \xi }\phi (x)dx$ and $D_j=-i{\partial }_j$, so $\widehat{P(D)u}=P(\xi )\hat{u}$. All distribution pairings use complex bilinearity, and the formal transpose is $P(-D)$, without complex conjugation of the coefficients. If $D_j$ instead denotes ${\partial }_j$, the Fourier multiplier is $P(i\xi )$; the argument below is unchanged after this substitution.

For a nonempty compact convex set $K\subset {\mathbb{R}}^n$, let $H_K(\eta )={\sup }_{x\in K}x\cdot \eta$ be its support function. The Paley–Wiener–Schwartz theorem says that the Fourier transform is a bijection between distributions supported in $K$ and entire functions $F$ on ${\mathbb{C}}^n$ for whichfor some $C>0$ and nonnegative integer $N$. In particular, support in ${\overline{B}}_R$ is equivalent to the bound with $e^{R|\mathrm{Im}\zeta |}$. Convexity is essential in the precise support formulation: the support function of a set equals that of its convex hull.

Suppose first that $u$ is a compactly supported distribution with support in $K$. Define $F(\zeta )=⟨u,e^{-ix\cdot \zeta }⟩$, inserting any cutoff function equal to one near $K$ when viewing $u$ on test functions. A fixed cutoff and the finite order of a distribution estimate permit differentiation of the pairing in each complex variable, giving ${\partial }_{\zeta }^{\alpha }F=⟨u,(-ix{)}^{\alpha }{e}^{-ix\cdot \zeta }⟩$. The exponential function's power series converges with every required derivative on a fixed compact set; hence $F$ is an entire function. On real frequencies it agrees with the Fourier transform of a compactly supported distribution.

The exact exponential indicator needs a shrinking cutoff function, rather than one fixed outside $K$. Choose ${\chi }_{\epsilon }=1$ near $K$, with support in $K+B_{2\epsilon }$ and $\Vert {\partial }^{\alpha }{\chi }_{\epsilon }{\Vert }_{\infty }\le C_{\alpha }{\epsilon }^{-|\alpha |}$ for $0<\epsilon \le 1$. Such a cutoff is obtained by convolving the indicator of $K+B_{\epsilon }$ with a mollifier supported in $B_{\epsilon /2}$. On one fixed ball containing all these supports, the finite order of a distribution bound isThe Leibniz rule applied to $\theta ={\chi }_{\epsilon }{e}^{-ix\cdot \zeta }$ therefore givesTaking $\epsilon =(1+|\zeta |{)}^{-1}$ proves the required bound, with $N=2m$ and a fixed additional factor at most $e^2$.

Conversely, suppose $F$ is an entire function with the displayed bound. Its real restriction has polynomial growth, so its inverse Fourier transform defines a tempered distribution byRapid decay of the Schwartz function $\hat{\phi }$ makes this integral absolutely convergent and continuous in the Schwartz space topology.

To determine the support of a distribution, take a test function supported in a half-space $x\cdot \omega \ge H_K(\omega )+\delta$, where $|\omega |=1$ and $\delta >0$. The contour-shift proof of the Paley–Wiener–Schwartz theorem gives, for each $t\ge 0$,Here is the estimate that justifies both the shift and its limiting use. Since $\hat{\phi }(-\xi -it\omega )=\int e^{ix\cdot \xi }{e}^{-tx\cdot \omega }\phi (x)dx$, repeated integration by parts with $1-{\Delta }_x$ yieldsFor fixed $t$, the same estimate is uniform over the imaginary strip from $0$ to $t\omega$. Rotate coordinates so $\omega$ is the first coordinate direction, apply the Cauchy integral theorem on truncated rectangles, and let their real edges tend to infinity. If $2L>N+n$, the boundary integrals vanish and the horizontal integrals converge absolutely; thus the claimed shift is valid. Using $H_K(t\omega )=t{H}_K(\omega )$ now bounds the pairing bywhich tends to zero. A separating hyperplane exists at every point outside the compact convex set $K$. A finite partition of unity on the support of any exterior test function reduces it to such half-spaces, so $\mathrm{supp}u\subseteq K$. Fourier inversion gives uniqueness; the entire transform of this $u$ agrees with $F$ on ${\mathbb{R}}^n$ and hence everywhere, by applying the one-variable identity theorem successively in each coordinate. This completes both directions.

Now apply this theorem to compact support solvability for a constant-coefficient ordinary differential equation. If $P$ is a nonzero constant, its kernel is zero and $u=v/P$ is the unique solution. Otherwise writeThe solution space of $P(-D)\phi =0$ isIndeed these exponentials solve the equation, their initial derivative vectors have a nonzero Vandermonde determinant, and uniqueness for the order-$m$ ordinary differential equation makes them a basis. Pairing $P(D)u=v$ with any such solution proves necessity:

For sufficiency, choose $R$ with $\mathrm{supp}v\subseteq [-R,R]$ and let $V(\zeta )=⟨v,e^{-ix\zeta }⟩$. The assumed annihilation is precisely $V({\alpha }_j)=0$ for every $j$. Since all roots of a polynomial are simple, $U=V/P$ has removable singularities at every root and is an entire function. Outside one disk, $|P(\zeta )|\ge c(1+|\zeta |{)}^m$. Inside that disk, the extended $U$ is bounded. The polynomial division preservation of exponential type therefore givesThe Paley–Wiener–Schwartz theorem produces a compactly supported distribution $u$ with transform $U$, supported in the same interval. Then $\widehat{P(D)u}=PU=V$, so Fourier inversion gives $P(D)u=v$. ThusThe compactly supported solution is unique: $P\hat{u}=0$ forces the entire transform to vanish off the finitely many roots and hence everywhere. With repeated roots, the corresponding condition would also require derivatives $V^{(k)}(\alpha )=0$, or pairing with $x^k{e}^{-i\alpha x}$, up to one less than each multiplicity.

For $\mathrm{Re}s>1$, expand $(e^t-1{)}^{-1}={\sum }_{n\ge 1}{e}^{-nt}$. Absolute integrability, bounded near zero by a constant times $t^{\mathrm{Re}s-2}$, permits termwise integration. The Gamma function integral then givesSpecify the Hankel contour to run from the negative real axis below the cut towards zero, circle zero counterclockwise with fixed radius $0<r<2\pi$, and return above the cut. Take $-\pi <\arg t<\pi$. The circle excludes every nonzero pole $2\pi i\mathbb{Z}$ of the denominator. For $\mathrm{Re}s>1$ its radius can shrink to zero, and the lower and upper rays give respectively $-e^{-i\pi s}\Gamma (s){\zeta }_R(s)$ and $e^{i\pi s}\Gamma (s){\zeta }_R(s)$. By the Gamma reflection formula,away from integer $s$ in that half-plane, with limiting equality at the removable points.

With the circle radius kept fixed, the contour integral is an entire function of $s$: the rays decay exponentially and converge locally uniformly, and the circular part stays away from zero. Multiplication by $\Gamma (1-s)$ is analytic for $\mathrm{Re}s<1$ and meromorphic globally. The apparent singularities at positive integers $s\ge 2$ are removable because the integral vanishes there and it already agrees with the original analytic zeta function nearby. Only $s=1$ remains a simple pole. Thus this constructs the meromorphic continuation to the whole plane and an analytic continuation on $\mathbb{C}\setminus \{1\}$. Keeping the circular segment is essential when the integral is not locally integrable at zero.

At $s=-1$ the two rays cancel, since $t^{-2}$ is single-valued. The Laurent expansionshows that the residue of $t^{-2}/(e^{-t}-1)$ is $-1/12$. Since $\Gamma (2)=1$, the residue theorem gives

Consider the singularity of the injective entire function $f$ at infinity. If removable, it is bounded outside a disk and therefore bounded globally; Liouville theorem makes it constant, a contradiction. If essential, the Casorati-Weierstrass theorem says its values outside every large disk are dense. Choose a small neighbourhood $U$ of a finite point; the open mapping theorem puts a nonempty open disk inside $f(U)$. A point outside a disk containing $U$ would map into that open disk, duplicating a value already attained in $U$. This contradicts injectivity. Thus infinity is a pole, so $f$ is a polynomial. If its degree were greater than one, its derivative would have a root; the local power-series form at that point has local degree at least two and cannot be injective. HenceFor a nonconstant holomorphic map of connected compact Riemann surfaces of degree $d$, the Riemann-Hurwitz formula iswhere $g_R,g_S$ are genera and $e_p$ is the local mapping degree, the multiplicity in the target fibre. There are finitely many points with $e_p>1$.

For a degree-two sphere map, the formula gives total ramification two. Since $e_p\le 2$, there are exactly two distinct ramification points, each of local degree two. Their images are distinct, since a fibre has total multiplicity two. Choose a Möbius transformation $T$ taking $0,\infty$ to these domain points and $S_0$ taking their images to $0,\infty$. The resulting rational map has its only zero at zero of order two and its only pole at infinity of order two, hence is $c{z}^2$ with $c\ne 0$. Replace $S_0$ by $S(z)=c^{-1}{S}_0(z)$, obtaining

The uniformization theorem states that every simply connected Riemann surface is biholomorphic to exactly one of the Riemann sphere $\hat{\mathbb{C}}$, the complex plane $\mathbb{C}$, or the unit disc $\mathbb{D}$. A surface is uniformized by one of these when that surface is its universal cover. The only surface uniformized by $\hat{\mathbb{C}}$ is the sphere itself, because every nonidentity Möbius transformation has a fixed point and therefore cannot act as a deck transformation. The Riemann surfaces uniformized by the complex plane are

Let $U\subseteq \mathbb{C}$ have a complement containing at least two points. Its universal cover cannot be the sphere because $U$ is noncompact. If it were the plane, the covering map $\mathbb{C}\to U\hookrightarrow \mathbb{C}$ would be a nonconstant entire function omitting two values, contrary to the Little Picard theorem. The plane domain with two omitted points is hyperbolic, so

Now put $S=R\setminus \{P_1,\dots ,P_n\}$. The spherical possibility occurs only for $(g,n)=(0,0)$. By the preceding list, the plane-uniformized possibilities arewhich give respectively $2g-2+n=-1,0,0$. Every remaining pair has $2g-2+n>0$ and must have disc universal cover. Thus the uniformization of a punctured compact Riemann surface gives

For the complex torus $X=\mathbb{C}/\Lambda$, any analytic map $f:\mathbb{C}\to X$ lifts through the universal covering map to an entire function $F:\mathbb{C}\to \mathbb{C}$. If $F$ is constant, so is $f$. Otherwise Little Picard says that $F$ omits at most one complex number. For every $x\in X$, its lifts form an infinite coset $z+\Lambda$, so at least one lift is attained by $F$. Hence the holomorphic map from the complex plane to a one-dimensional complex torus satisfies

Finally, $\mathbb{C}$ and $\mathbb{D}$ are homeomorphic byThey are not conformally equivalent: a biholomorphism $\mathbb{C}\to \mathbb{D}$ would be a nonconstant bounded entire function, contradicting the Liouville theorem. This proves the claimed example of complex plane and unit disc are homeomorphic but not conformally equivalent.

One form of the Baire category theorem says that a nonempty complete metric space cannot be a countable union of closed nowhere dense sets.

For each nonnegative integer $n$, putBecause $f$ is an entire function, every derivative $f^{(n)}$ is continuous and $Z_n$ is closed. No $f^{(n)}$ is identically zero: if $f^{(n)}\equiv 0$ for some $n$, repeated integration shows that $f$ is a polynomial. By the identity theorem, the zero set of the nonzero holomorphic function $f^{(n)}$ has empty interior. Thus each $Z_n$ is nowhere dense.

The complex plane is complete, so the Baire category theorem givesChoose $z_0$ outside this union. Then $f^{(n)}(z_0)\ne 0$ for every $n$, and hence every coefficient $f^{(n)}(z_0)/n!$ in the Taylor series about $z_0$ is nonzero. Such a point $z_0$ therefore exists.

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 each $n\ge 0$, defineEvery $f^{(n)}$ is an entire function, hence continuous, so $E_n$ is closed. The hypothesis saysThe complex plane is a complete metric space. The Baire category theorem therefore implies that some $E_N$ has nonempty interior. Thus $f^{(N)}$ vanishes on an open set, and the identity theorem giveson all of $\mathbb{C}$. If $N=0$, then $f=0$; otherwise the power series of $f$ has no term of degree $N$ or higher. Hence $f$ is a polynomial of degree at most $N-1$. This is the pointwise vanishing derivative criterion for a polynomial.

Let $\pi :\mathbb{C}\to \mathbb{C}/\Lambda$ be the universal covering map. Since the complex plane is a simply connected domain, the lifting criterion for a covering space gives a holomorphic lift between one-dimensional complex tori $F:\mathbb{C}\to \mathbb{C}$ such thatFor every $\lambda \in \Lambda$, the difference $F(z+\lambda )-F(z)$ belongs to the discrete period lattice $\Lambda$. It depends continuously on $z$, so it is constant. Differentiating shows that the derivative $F^{\prime }$ is $\Lambda$-periodic. It is bounded on the compact closure of a fundamental parallelogram, and periodicity makes it bounded on all of $\mathbb{C}$. The Liouville theorem therefore makes $F^{\prime }$ constant, and henceThus every holomorphic map has an affine lift of a holomorphic map between one-dimensional complex tori. If “map of complex tori” means an identity-preserving map, choose $F(0)=0$; then $b=0$, so $F$ is the required linear map. Without that convention the statement must say affine, since a nonzero translation in a group of the torus lifts to $z\mapsto z+b$.

The Weierstrass elliptic function of $\Lambda$ isThe subtracted term gives the Normal convergence of the Weierstrass elliptic-function series away from $\Lambda$. PutThe Laurent coefficients of the Weierstrass elliptic function at zero giveSet $g_2=60G_4$ and $g_3=140G_6$. Direct substitution shows that the principal part and constant term ofvanish at zero. Since $H$ is an elliptic function, translation gives the same cancellation at every point of the period lattice. Every apparent isolated singularity is therefore a removable singularity, so $H$ is an entire function. It is periodic and hence bounded on the translates of a compact fundamental parallelogram. The Liouville theorem gives $H=0$, which proves the Weierstrass elliptic differential equation

Finally suppose that $f$ is a biholomorphic group homomorphism. Its identity-preserving lift has the form $F(z)=\zeta z$ by the first part. Since the inverse map also lifts linearly,Choose a $\mathbb{Z}$-basis of $\Lambda$. Multiplication by $\zeta$ is then represented by a unimodular matrix $A\in {\mathrm{GL}}_2(\mathbb{Z})$. As a real-linear transformation of $\mathbb{C}$, it has determinant $|\zeta {|}^2>0$; hence $\det A=1$ and $|\zeta |=1$. The characteristic polynomial of $A$ and the Cayley-Hamilton theorem giveThis already has the required form with $m=-\mathrm{tr}(A)\in \mathbb{Z}$ and $n=1$. Moreover $2\mathrm{Re}\zeta =\mathrm{tr}(A)$, so $|\zeta |=1$ forces $\mathrm{tr}(A)\in \{-2,-1,0,1,2\}$. Thus $\zeta$ is a root of unity, of order $1$, $2$, $3$, $4$, or $6$, completing the description of an automorphism of a one-dimensional complex torus.

The functional equation isEquivalently,

For a proof, letThe Poisson summation formula applied to a Gaussian function gives the theta transformationThe standard Gamma function integral and termwise integration initially give, for $\Re s>1$,Split the integral at one, substitute $u\mapsto 1/u$ in the lower half, and use the theta transformation. The result isThe integral is an entire function of $s$ because $\Theta (u)-1$ decays exponentially. The right side is visibly invariant under $s\mapsto 1-s$, proving both the analytic continuation and the functional equation of the Riemann zeta function. This is the Mellin representation of the completed Riemann zeta function.

For $\mathrm{Im}z>0$, close the $t$-contour in the upper half-plane. Jordan lemma removes the large semicircle, and the only enclosed pole is the order-$n$ pole at $t=z$. By the residue at a pole of order n,The residue theorem therefore gives

To continue the integral itself, move the $t$-contour downward locally as $z$ approaches and crosses the real axis, always keeping the pole above the contour. This analytic continuation by contour deformation defineswhere ${\mathcal{C}}_z$ passes below $z$. Closing ${\mathcal{C}}_z$ upward continues to enclose the pole, even when $\mathrm{Im}z\le 0$, sothere as well. The right-hand side is an entire function, so it is the unique analytic continuation of $F$ to the whole complex plane.

Since $\mathbb{C}$ is simply connected, writefor an entire function $f$. If $u$ were bounded above, thenwould be bounded, so the Liouville theorem would make $e^f$ constant. Its derivative $f^{\prime }{e}^f$ would then vanish, whence $f$ and $u$ would be constant. Applying the same argument to $e^{-f}$ rules out a lower bound. Thus a nonconstant $u$ is unbounded both above and below.

Given any $c\in \mathbb{R}$, choose $z_{-},z_{+}\in \mathbb{C}$ withThe restriction of $u$ to the line segment from $z_{-}$ to $z_{+}$ is continuous, so the intermediate value theorem supplies a point on that segment where $u=c$. ThereforeThis proves the surjectivity of a nonconstant entire harmonic function.

Suppose there were no singular point in the Riemann sphere. Then every finite point would be ordinary, so $p$ and $q$ would be entire functions. Ordinary behavior at infinity would force $p(z)=2/z+O(z^{-2})$ and $q(z)=O(z^{-4})$. In particular $p(z)\to 0$, so Liouville theorem would give $p\equiv 0$, contradicting the required leading term $2/z$. Thus infinity cannot also be ordinary, and every such differential equation has at least one singular point in $\overline{\mathbb{C}}$.

The Mellin transform of $F$ isBecause the support is a compact subset of $(0,\infty )$, the integral defines an entire function of $s$. The Mellin inversion formula says that, for every real $\sigma$ and every $y>0$,

Apply this with $y=n/X$ and initially $\sigma =2$. Absolute convergence of the Dirichlet series for the logarithmic derivative permits interchange of sum and integral, givingTruncate at height $T=(\log X{)}^A$, where $A$ is a sufficiently large fixed constant. The assumed bound on $\tilde{F}$ makes the discarded tails smaller than the required error. The classical zero-free region of the Riemann zeta function and the standard bound ${\zeta }^{\prime }(s)/\zeta (s)\ll (\log (|t|+3){)}^{O(1)}$ there allow the truncated contour to move toThe only singularity crossed is the simple pole of $-{\zeta }^{\prime }/\zeta$ at $s=1$, whose residue is $1$. Its contribution isOn the new contour, $|X^s|=X^{1-c/\log \log X}$; the zeta bounds, contour length, and exponential decay of $\tilde{F}$ absorb into a slight decrease of $c$. ThereforeThis is the smoothed prime number theorem from a zero-free region.

The Malgrange–Ehrenpreis theorem states that every nonzero constant-coefficient linear partial differential operator $P(D)$ on ${\mathbb{R}}^n$ has a fundamental solution of a linear differential operator: there is an $E\in {\mathcal{D}}^{\prime }({\mathbb{R}}^n)$ such that $P(D)E={\delta }_0$.

Write $D=-i\partial$. After an orthogonal change of coordinates and multiplication by a nonzero constant, its polynomial symbol may be written as a monic polynomial in the last frequency,For each real ${\mu }^{\prime }$, this polynomial has $M$ complex roots counted with multiplicity. Among a fixed finite collection of horizontal lines at bounded heights, one can choose a line that stays a positive distance from all those roots. Continuity of the roots preserves the choice on a neighborhood $N({\mu }^{\prime })$. Take a countable locally finite cover by such neighborhoods, refine it to a measurable disjoint partition ${\mathbb{R}}^{n-1}={⨆}_j{\Delta }_j$, and let $c_j$ be the chosen height on ${\Delta }_j$. The resulting Hörmander staircasehas bounded heights and may be chosen so that $|P({\xi }^{\prime },s+i{c}_j)|\ge 1$ on each step.

For a test function $\phi$, defineThe Paley–Wiener–Schwartz theorem gives rapid decay in the real frequency directions and at most a fixed exponential factor in the bounded imaginary direction. Together with $|P|\ge 1$, this proves that the integral defines a continuous distribution. Applying $P(D)$ cancels the denominator. The remaining integrand is entire in $z$, so the Cauchy integral theorem shifts every horizontal contour to the real axis; the partition then recombines into ${\mathbb{R}}^{n-1}$. The Fourier inversion theorem giveswhich proves the theorem.

The Liouville theorem states that every bounded entire function is constant.

The domains are not conformally equivalent. If $F:\mathbb{C}\to \mathbb{H}$ were a conformal equivalence, composing it with a Cayley transform from the upper half-plane $\mathbb{H}$ to the unit disc would produce a bounded nonconstant entire function. This contradicts the Liouville theorem, proving that the complex plane is not conformally equivalent to the upper half-plane.

The domains are not conformally equivalent. Suppose that $F:\mathbb{C}\setminus \{0\}\to \{w:0<|w|<1\}$ were a conformal equivalence. Since $F$ is bounded near zero, the Riemann removable singularity theorem extends it holomorphically across zero. The extension is a bounded entire function, so the Liouville theorem makes it constant, contradicting bijectivity. This is the punctured plane is not conformally equivalent to the punctured unit disc obstruction.