B3.8

Hilbert Spaces | Part II, 2003

Let H\mathcal{H} be the space of all functions on the real line R\mathbb{R} of the form p(x)e−x2/2p(x) e^{-x^{2} / 2}, where pp is a polynomial with complex coefficients. Make H\mathcal{H} into an inner-product space, in the usual way, by defining the inner product to be

⟨f,g⟩=∫−∞∞f(t)g(t)‾dt,f,g∈H\langle f, g\rangle=\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} f(t) \overline{g(t)} d t, \quad f, g \in \mathcal{H}

You should assume, without proof, that this equation does define an inner product on H\mathcal{H}. Define the norm by ∥f∥2=⟨f,f⟩1/2\|f\|_{2}=\langle f, f\rangle^{1 / 2} for f∈Hf \in \mathcal{H}. Now define a sequence of functions (Fn)n⩾0\left(F_{n}\right)_{n \geqslant 0} on R\mathbb{R} by

Fn(x)=(−1)nex2/2dndxne−x2F_{n}(x)=(-1)^{n} e^{x^{2} / 2} \frac{d^{n}}{d x^{n}} e^{-x^{2}}

Prove that (Fn)\left(F_{n}\right) is an orthogonal sequence in H\mathcal{H} and that it spans H\mathcal{H}.

For every f∈Hf \in \mathcal{H} define the Fourier transform f^\widehat{f} of ff by

f^(t)=12π∫−∞∞f(x)e−itxdx,t∈R\widehat{f}(t)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2 \pi}} \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} f(x) e^{-i t x} d x, \quad t \in \mathbb{R}

Show that

(a) F^n=(−i)nFn\widehat{F}_{n}=(-i)^{n} F_{n} for n=0,1,2,…n=0,1,2, \ldots;

(b) for all f∈Hf \in \mathcal{H} and x∈Rx \in \mathbb{R},

f^^(x)=f(−x)\widehat{\widehat{f}}(x)=f(-x)

(c) ∥f^∥2=∥f∥2\|\widehat{f}\|_{2}=\|f\|_{2} for all f∈Hf \in \mathcal{H}.

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