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Steklov Mathematical Institute Seminar
March 19, 2026 16:00, Moscow, Steklov Mathematical Institute of RAS, Conference Hall (8 Gubkina)


Sequences of partial sums of multiple trigonometric Fourier series

S. V. Konyagin

Steklov Mathematical Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: Let $\mathbb T = \mathbb R/2\pi\mathbb Z$, $d\ge2$. We associate with an integrable function $f: \mathbb T^d \to \mathbb C$ its trigonometric Fourier series
$$ f \sim \sum_{\mathbf k\in\mathbb Z^d} \hat f(\mathbf k) \exp(i\mathbf k\mathbf x),$$
where $\mathbf k = (k_1,\dots,k_d)\in \mathbb Z^d$, $\mathbf x = (x_1,\dots,x_d)\in \mathbb T^d$, $\mathbf k \mathbf x = k_1x_1 + \dots + k_dx_d$.

For a bounded set $A\subset\mathbb R^d$ we define partial trigonometric Fourier sums мы with respect to the set $A$ as
$$ S_A(f) (x) = \sum_{\mathbf k\in\mathbb Z^d\cap A} \hat f(\mathbf k) \exp(i\mathbf k\mathbf x).$$

Next we define Pringsheim partial sums of $f$. Let $\mathbf n = (n_2,\dots,n_d)\in \mathbb N^d.$ Define
$$ S_{\mathbf n} (f) = \sum_{|\mathbf k| \le \mathbf n} \hat f(\mathbf k) \exp(i\mathbf k\mathbf x),$$
where $|\mathbf k| \le \mathbf n$ means that $|k_j| \le n_j$ for $j=1,\dots,d$.

Theorem 1. For any function $f\in L(\mathbb T^d)$ there exists a sequence of Pringsheim partial sums converging to $f$ in $L^p$ for all $p\in(0,1)$ and almost everythere.

Theorem 2. For any function $f\in L(\mathbb T^d)$, any set $E\subset \mathbb T^d$ of positive measure, and any sequence of vectors $\{\mathbf n^{(j)} = (n_1^{(j)}, \dots, n_d^{(j)})\}$ satisfying the condition
$$ \min(n_1^{(j)}, \dots, n_d^{(j)})\to 0],(j\to\infty) \tag{1},$$
if $S_{\mathbf n^{(j)}} (f)$ converges to a finite on $E$ function $g$, then $g$ coincides with $f$ almost everywhere on $E$.

If $f$ is a real function then its Pringsheim partial sums are also real functions. In this case the condition of finiteness of $g$ on $E$ can be omitted, and we may allow the function $g$ to be equal to $+\infty$ or to $-\infty$ at some points. This means that the sequence $\{S_{\mathbf n^{(j)}} (f)\}$ cannot converge to $+\infty$ or to $+\infty$ on a set of positive measure.

If $f$ is not necessarily a real function, one may ask: is it possible, assuming the condition (1), to have the equality
$$ \lim_{j\to\infty} |S_{\mathbf n^{(j)}} (f)| = \infty \tag{2}$$
on a set of positive measure? It turns out that this equality can hold almost everywhere.

For various classes of sequences $\{A_j\}$, $j =1,2,\dots$ we consider the question: is it possible that the sequence $\{|S_{A_j}(f)|\}$ tends to infinity almost everywhere on $\mathbb T^d$?


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