Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 ia Paper 1 1A a Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
For the stated angular-frequency Fourier transform convention, the convolution theorem givesThe Fourier inversion theorem and the assumed absolute integrability therefore imply
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 ib Paper 3 14A a Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
By the Fourier inversion theorem and Fubini's theorem,Thus multiplication of Fourier transforms corresponds to the convolution , which is the convolution theorem in the convention used here.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 ii Paper 2 27K a Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Sincethe Fubini's theorem and Fourier inversion giveThus the Plancherel theorem identity in this convention is
The inverse integral is a continuous function of , since permits dominated convergence. If is continuous, it and the inverse integral are continuous and agree almost everywhere. They must agree everywhere: otherwise their continuous difference would be nonzero on an open set of positive measure. This is the continuous version of Fourier inversion.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 ii Paper 2 27K b Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
PutThis function is bounded near zero and is at infinity, so and the defining integral for converges absolutely.
For the triangular functiondirect integration givesThe Fourier inversion theorem, or equivalently the Fourier transform of a triangular function, therefore yieldsIn particular whenever . Finally,This also agrees with the Plancherel theorem applied to and .
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 ii Paper 4 23F c Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
We prove the estimate first for in the Schwartz space. By the Fourier inversion theorem and the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality,The integral is finite because .
For , the elementary boundgivesThe last integral is finite near zero for every and at infinity exactly when . Choose, for example, , which works for every . We obtainDensity of the Schwartz space in extends the estimate and supplies a unique Hölder-continuous representative. Thereforecontinuously. This is the Fourier proof of Hölder regularity from a Sobolev norm.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 iii Paper 129 3 iv Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Choose and a sufficiently large absolute constant . Part (iii)'s size bound givesLetand choose a maximal dissociated set . The entropy form of the Chang theorem givesand maximality gives .
Put . If and , expressing as a product of characters in and their inverses givesFor , Parseval identity givesAlso . Fourier inversion theorem therefore yieldsonce is large enough.
Pólya–Vinogradov inequality 2026-10-07
For a primitive nonprincipal Dirichlet character modulo , finite Fourier inversion theorem and the primitive Gauss magnitude give this bound uniformly in the interval. Bound the exponential sums by and sum the resulting harmonic series. The general Gauss identity follows from the prime-power identity by the Chinese remainder theorem.
When the continuous Fourier transform of an integrable function vanishes outside , its periodic Fourier coefficients are the integer samples of , with the sign of the index reversed. Projecting in and then applying the Fourier inversion theorem gives the displayed sinc function reconstruction. The Cauchy-Schwarz inequality controls the reconstruction error uniformly in . Bessel's inequality bounds the shifted sinc coefficient vector, giving absolute uniform tails when the sample sequence belongs to .