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Bohr almost periodic function

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Definition

Let f ⁣:ℝ→ℂf \colon \R \to \C be a continuous function. For ε>0\varepsilon > 0, a number τ∈ℝ\tau \in \R is an ε\varepsilon-almost period of ff if sup⁡x∈ℝ∣f(x+τ)−f(x)∣≤ε.\sup_{x \in \R} \abs{f(x + \tau) - f(x)} \le \varepsilon. A set T⊆ℝT \subseteq \R is relatively dense if there is L>0L > 0 such that every closed interval of length LL contains a point of TT. The function ff is Bohr almost periodic if for every ε>0\varepsilon > 0 the set of ε\varepsilon-almost periods of ff is relatively dense.

Remarks

Every Bohr almost periodic function is bounded and uniformly continuous. Bochner proved that ff is Bohr almost periodic if and only if every sequence of translates of ff has a uniformly convergent subsequence. So the definition agrees with the general almost periodic function on the group ℝ\R.

Example: let ff be continuous with period p>0p > 0. Every multiple kpkp, k∈ℤk \in \Z, satisfies f(x+kp)=f(x)f(x + kp) = f(x), so it is an ε\varepsilon-almost period for every ε>0\varepsilon > 0. Every closed interval of length pp contains a multiple of pp, so ff is Bohr almost periodic.

Non-example: f(x)=arctan⁡xf(x) = \arctan x is continuous, but not Bohr almost periodic. For τ>0\tau > 0 the difference arctan⁡(x+τ)−arctan⁡x\arctan(x + \tau) - \arctan x is largest at x=−τ/2x = -\tau/2, where it equals 2arctan⁡(τ/2)2 \arctan(\tau/2), and the case τ<0\tau < 0 is symmetric. So for 0<ε<π0 < \varepsilon < \pi the ε\varepsilon-almost periods are the τ\tau with ∣τ∣≤2tan⁡(ε/2)\abs{\tau} \le 2\tan(\varepsilon/2). This set is bounded, hence not relatively dense.

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