Nearly optimal bounds on the Fourier sampling numbers of Besov spaces

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Main Author: Siegel, Jonathan W.
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contents Let $\mathbb{T}^d$ denote the $d$-dimensional torus. We consider the problem of optimally recovering a target function $f^*:\mathbb{T}^d\rightarrow \mathbb{C}$ from samples of its Fourier coefficients. We make classical smoothness assumptions on $f^*$, specifically that $f^*$ lies in a Besov space $B^s_\infty(L_q)$ with $s > 0$ and $1\leq q\leq \infty$, and measure recovery error in the $L_p$-norm with $1\leq p\leq \infty$. Abstractly, the optimal recovery error is characterized by a `restricted' version of the Gelfand widths, which we call the Fourier sampling numbers. Up to logarithmic factors, we determine the correct asymptotics of the Fourier sampling numbers in the regime $s/d > 1 - 1/p$. We also give a description of nearly optimal Fourier measurements and recovery algorithms in each of these cases. In the other direction, we prove a novel lower bound showing that there is an asymptotic gap between the Fourier sampling numbers and the Gelfand widths when $q = 1$ and $p_0 < p\leq 2$ with $p_0 \approx 1.535$. Finally, we discuss the practical implications of our results, which imply a sharper recovery of edges, and provide numerical results demonstrating this phenomenon.
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spellingShingle Nearly optimal bounds on the Fourier sampling numbers of Besov spaces
Siegel, Jonathan W.
Functional Analysis
Information Theory
Numerical Analysis
41A46, 42A05, 46B09, 46N40, 65T40
Let $\mathbb{T}^d$ denote the $d$-dimensional torus. We consider the problem of optimally recovering a target function $f^*:\mathbb{T}^d\rightarrow \mathbb{C}$ from samples of its Fourier coefficients. We make classical smoothness assumptions on $f^*$, specifically that $f^*$ lies in a Besov space $B^s_\infty(L_q)$ with $s > 0$ and $1\leq q\leq \infty$, and measure recovery error in the $L_p$-norm with $1\leq p\leq \infty$. Abstractly, the optimal recovery error is characterized by a `restricted' version of the Gelfand widths, which we call the Fourier sampling numbers. Up to logarithmic factors, we determine the correct asymptotics of the Fourier sampling numbers in the regime $s/d > 1 - 1/p$. We also give a description of nearly optimal Fourier measurements and recovery algorithms in each of these cases. In the other direction, we prove a novel lower bound showing that there is an asymptotic gap between the Fourier sampling numbers and the Gelfand widths when $q = 1$ and $p_0 < p\leq 2$ with $p_0 \approx 1.535$. Finally, we discuss the practical implications of our results, which imply a sharper recovery of edges, and provide numerical results demonstrating this phenomenon.
title Nearly optimal bounds on the Fourier sampling numbers of Besov spaces
topic Functional Analysis
Information Theory
Numerical Analysis
41A46, 42A05, 46B09, 46N40, 65T40
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.13991