Taylor coefficients and zeroes of entire functions of exponential type

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Main Authors: Hadassi, Lior, Sodin, Mikhail
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author Hadassi, Lior
Sodin, Mikhail
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Sodin, Mikhail
contents Let $F$ be an entire function of exponential type represented by the Taylor series \[ F(z) = \sum_{n\ge 0} ω_n \frac{z^n}{n!} \] with unimodular coefficients $|ω_n|=1$. We show that either the counting function $n_F(r)$ of zeroes of $F$ grows linearly at infinity, or $F$ is an exponential function. The same conclusion holds if only a positive asymptotic proportion of the coefficients $ω_n$ is unimodular. This significantly extends a classical result of Carlson (1915). The second result requires less from the coefficient sequence $ω$, but more from the counting function of zeroes $n_F$. Assuming that $0<c\le |ω_n| \le C <\infty$, $n\in\mathbb Z_+$, we show that $n_F(r) = o(\sqrt{r})$ as $r\to\infty$, implies that $F$ is an exponential function. The same conclusion holds if, for some $α<1/2$, $n_F(r_j)=O(r_j^α)$ only along a sequence $r_j\to\infty$. Furthermore, this conclusion ceases to hold if $n_F(r)=O(\sqrt r)$ as $r\to\infty$.
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spellingShingle Taylor coefficients and zeroes of entire functions of exponential type
Hadassi, Lior
Sodin, Mikhail
Complex Variables
Let $F$ be an entire function of exponential type represented by the Taylor series \[ F(z) = \sum_{n\ge 0} ω_n \frac{z^n}{n!} \] with unimodular coefficients $|ω_n|=1$. We show that either the counting function $n_F(r)$ of zeroes of $F$ grows linearly at infinity, or $F$ is an exponential function. The same conclusion holds if only a positive asymptotic proportion of the coefficients $ω_n$ is unimodular. This significantly extends a classical result of Carlson (1915). The second result requires less from the coefficient sequence $ω$, but more from the counting function of zeroes $n_F$. Assuming that $0<c\le |ω_n| \le C <\infty$, $n\in\mathbb Z_+$, we show that $n_F(r) = o(\sqrt{r})$ as $r\to\infty$, implies that $F$ is an exponential function. The same conclusion holds if, for some $α<1/2$, $n_F(r_j)=O(r_j^α)$ only along a sequence $r_j\to\infty$. Furthermore, this conclusion ceases to hold if $n_F(r)=O(\sqrt r)$ as $r\to\infty$.
title Taylor coefficients and zeroes of entire functions of exponential type
topic Complex Variables
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.13104