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Let Λ be a set of lines in R2 that intersect at the origin. For a smooth curve Γ ⊂ R2, we denote by AC(Γ) the subset of finite measures on Γ that are absolutely continuous with respect to arc length on Γ. For μ ∈ AC(Γ), \(\hat \mu \) denotes the Fourier transform of μ. Following Hedenmalm and Montes-Rodríguez, we say that (Γ,Λ) is a Heisenberg uniqueness pair if μ ∈ AC(Γ) is such that \(\hat \mu \) = 0 on Λ implies μ = 0. The aim of this paper is to provide new tools to establish this property. To do so, we reformulate the fact that \(\hat \mu \) vanishes on Λ in terms of an invariance property of μ induced by Λ. This leads us to a dynamical system on Γ generated by Λ. In many cases, the investigation of this dynamical system allows us to establish that (Γ,Λ) is a Heisenberg uniqueness pair. This way we both unify proofs of known cases (circle, parabola, hyperbola) and obtain many new examples. This method also gives a better geometric intuition as to why (Γ,Λ) is a Heisenberg uniqueness pair. As a side result, we also give the first instance of a positive result in the classical Cramér-Wold theorem where finitely many projections suffice to characterize a measure (under strong support constraints).
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The authors kindly acknowledge financial support from the French ANR programs ANR 2011 BS01 007 01 (GeMeCod), ANR-12-BS01-0001 (Aventures). This study has been carried out with financial support from the French State, managed by the French National Research Agency (ANR) in the framework of the“Investments for the Future” Programme IdEx Bordeaux - CPU (ANR-10-IDEX-03-02).
Part of this work was conducted while the first author was visiting the Erwin Schrödinger Institute, Vienna, Austria.
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Jaming, P., Kellay, K. A dynamical system approach to Heisenberg uniqueness pairs. JAMA 134, 273–301 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11854-018-0010-6
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