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The frame set of the first Hermite function

Sep 2026 · 1 citation · 37 references
Mathematics

Abstract

We determine the frame set of the first Hermite function, proving a conjecture of Lyubarskii and Nes. We use a characterization of semi-regular Gabor frames due to Gr\"ochenig, Romero, and St\"ockler to transform the problem into a question about the existence of a nonzero Gaussian shift-invariant entire function $F$, with bounded coefficients, whose derivative vanishes on a lattice with spacing $\delta=ab$. By taking the Wronskian of $N$ translates of $F$, we amplify its critical points to zeros of multiplicity at least $N-1$. After rescaling, this Wronskian is again a Gaussian shift-invariant function. A Gaussian zero-density theorem then gives $(N-1)/(N\delta)\leq1$. Varying $N$ over the range allowed by the construction forces every subcritical lattice product $\delta=ab$ for which the system is not a frame to equal $(q-1)/q$ for some integer $q\geq2$.

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