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Reconstruction inversion formulas
for the Laguerre Gabor transform

Khaled Hleili∗ and Manel Hleili†
(Date: April 03, 2025; accepted: September 15, 2025; published online: September 20, 2025.)
Abstract.

In this paper, we define and study the Gabor transform 𝒢ψ in the context of the Laguerre hypergroup. We prove some of its basic properties, such as Plancherel theorem, inversion formula and Calderón’s reproducing inversion formula. Next, using the harmonic analysis related to Laguerre hypergroup, we examine spaces of Sobolev type for which we make explicit kernels reproducing. Exploiting the aforesaid theory, we introduce and study the extremal function associated with the Gabor transform 𝒢ψ. Finally, by utilizing the reproducing kernels we establish important estimates for this extremal function.

Key words and phrases:
Laguerre hypergroup, Laguerre-Gabor transform, Hilbert space, Reproducing kernel, Extremal function.
2005 Mathematics Subject Classification:
42B10, 44A20
∗Department of Mathematics, Preparatory Institute for Engineering Studies of Kairouan, Kairouan, Tunisia; Department of Mathematics, College of Science, Northern Borders University, Arar, Saudi Arabia, e-mail: khaled.hleili@gmail.com.
†Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, e-mail: Mhleili@ut.edu.sa

1. Introduction

The Gabor transform is a foundational method in signal processing that provides a time-frequency representation of signals, helping to analyze and interpret their evolving frequency content. In [26], the author defined the classical Gabor transform by using translation, convolution and modulation operators of a single Gaussian to represent a one dimensional signal. The Gabor transform has been found to be very useful in many physical and engineering applications, including wave propagation, signal processing and quantum optics [5]. Many authors developed the theory of the Gabor transform and found many interesting results see for example [8, 9, 10, 16, 18, 25]. In particular, Gröchenig [8] extended Gabor theory to the setup of locally compact abelian groups. Moreover, Hleili [9], proved some uncertainty principles for the windowed linear canonical transform and investigated the localization operators associated with this transform. Recently, in [16], the author studied the Dunkl–Gabor transform on ℝd and gave the practical real inversion formulas for this transform using the theory of reproducing kernels.

Tikhonov regularization is widely applied across diverse disciplines to address ill-posed problems, enhance numerical stability, and mitigate overfitting. It plays a crucial role in a variety of applications, particularly in machine learning, as well as in signal and image processing. Over the years, the theory has been extensively developed and refined by numerous researchers, (see, for example [6, 24]). Recent advances in approximation theory have introduced more sophisticated techniques to address challenges in high-dimensional and noisy data settings. While classical methods like Tikhonov regularization remain foundational, newer approaches such as compressed sensing, variational regularization, kernel based learning, and neural network approximators offer greater flexibility and improved performance in complex inverse problems and machine learning tasks. Recent developments in approximation theory can be found in [14].

In this paper we are interested in the Laguerre hypergroup 𝕂=[0,+∞[×ℝ which is the fundamental manifold of the radial function space for the Heisenberg group ([4, 12]. The dual of a hypergroup is the space of all bounded continuous and multiplicative functions χ such that χ¯=χ. The dual of the Laguerre hypergroup 𝕂^ can be topologically identified with the so-called Heisenberg fan [7], i.e., the subset embedded in ℝ2 given by

⋃j∈ℕ{(μ,λ)∈ℝ2;λ=|μ|⁢(2⁢j+α+1),μ≠0}∪{(0,λ)∈ℝ2;λ⩾0}.

Moreover, the subset {(0,λ)∈ℝ2;λ⩾0} has zero Plancherel measure, therefore it will be usually disregarded. Following [20], in this paper, we identify the dual of the Laguerre hypergroup by 𝕂^=ℝ×ℕ.

The Fourier Laguerre transform ℱα of a suitable function f:𝕂⟶ℂ is given by

∀(μ,m)∈𝕂^,ℱα⁢(f)⁢(μ,m)=∫𝕂f⁢(r,x)⁢φ(−μ,m)⁢(r,x)⁢𝑑να⁢(r,x),

where να is the weighted Lebesgue measure on 𝕂, given by

d⁢να⁢(r,x)=r2⁢α+1⁢d⁢r⁢d⁢xπ⁢Γ⁢(α+1),α⩾0,

φ(μ,m) is the function infinitely differentiable on ℝ2, even with respect to the first variable defined by

φ(μ,m)⁢(r,x)=ei⁢μ⁢x⁢ℒmα⁢(|μ|2⁢r2),

and ℒmα is the Laguerre polynomial of degree m and order α.

The Fourier transform ℱα has rich calculus and is applicable in many areas of mathematical sciences. Many authors exploited the theory of the Fourier transform and found many interesting results see for example [2, 3, 11, 17, 19, 20].

Our purpose in this work consists to study the Laguerre Gabor transform 𝒢ψ and to introduce Sobolev type spaces and for which we present their reproducing kernels. Next, by utilizing the theory of reproducing kernels, we establish some important results for the Laguerre Gabor transform 𝒢ψ and we give interesting estimates for the extremal function.

The remainder of this paper is arranged as follows. Section 2 contains some basic facts about the Laguerre hypergroup. The section Section 3 is devoted to study the Laguerre Gabor transform 𝒢ψ, for which we give a Plancherel formula, inversion formula and a Calderón’s reproducing formula. In the last section, using the aforesaid theory, we give best approximate inversion formulas for the Laguerre Gabor transform 𝒢ψ.

2. Preliminaries

In this section, we recall some important properties and results of the translation operators and the Fourier transform on the Laguerre hypergroup, which are useful in our present work. For more details, see [20]. We denote by

  • ∙

    Lp⁢(𝕂),p∈[1,+∞], the spaces of complex-valued functions f, measurable on 𝕂, such that

    ‖f‖p,να={(∫𝕂|f⁢(r,x)|p⁢𝑑να⁢(r,x))1p,p∈[1,+∞[;ess⁢sup(r,x)∈𝕂⁡|f⁢(r,x)|,p=+∞.
  • ∙

    𝒞e⁢(𝕂), the space of continuous functions on ℝ2, even with respect to the first variable.

  • ∙

    𝒞e,c⁢(𝕂), the subspace of 𝒞e⁢(𝕂) formed by functions with compact support.

  • ∙

    ℒmα the Laguerre function defined on ]0,+∞[ by

    ℒmα⁢(r)=e−r2⁢ℒmα⁢(r)ℒmα⁢(0),

    where ℒmα is the Laguerre polynomial of degree m and order α.

  • ∙

    𝕂^=ℝ×ℕ equipped with the weighted Lebesgue measure γα on 𝕂^ given by

    ∫𝕂^h⁢(μ,m)⁢𝑑γα⁢(μ,m)=∑m=0+∞ℒmα⁢(0)⁢∫ℝh⁢(μ,m)⁢|μ|α+1⁢𝑑μ.
  • ∙

    Lp⁢(𝕂^),p∈[1,+∞], the spaces of complex-valued functions h, measurable on 𝕂^, such that

    ‖h‖p,γα={(∫𝕂^|h⁢(μ,m)|p⁢𝑑γα⁢(μ,m))1p,p∈[1,+∞[;ess⁢sup(μ,m)∈𝕂^⁡|h⁢(μ,m)|,p=+∞.

Consider the following partial differential operators system

{D1=∂∂x,𝒟2=∂2∂r2+2⁢α+1r⁢∂∂r+r2⁢∂2∂x2,(r,x)∈]0,+∞[×ℝ and α⩾0.

For α=n−1, n∈ℕ∗, the operator 𝒟2 is the radial part of the sub-Laplacian on the Heisenberg group ℍn.

For (μ,m)∈𝕂^, the initial problem (see [20])

{D1⁢u⁢(r,x)=i⁢μ⁢u⁢(r,x),(r,x)∈𝕂;𝒟2⁢u⁢(r,x)=−4⁢|μ|⁢(m+α+12)⁢u⁢(r,x),(r,x)∈𝕂;u⁢(0,0)=1,∂u∂r⁢(0,x)=0,for all x∈ℝ,

has a unique solution φ(μ,m) given by

φ(μ,m)⁢(r,x)=ei⁢μ⁢x⁢ℒmα⁢(|μ|2⁢r2).

For all (μ,m)∈𝕂^, the function φ(μ,m) is infinitely differentiable on ℝ2, even with respect to the first variable and satisfies

(1) sup(r,x)∈𝕂|φ(μ,m)⁢(r,x)|=1.

The harmonic analysis on the Laguerre hypergroup 𝕂 is generated by the singular operator

ℒα=∂2∂r2+2⁢α+1r⁢∂∂r+r2⁢∂2∂x2,

and the norm

𝒩⁢(r,x)=|(r,x)|=(r4+x2)14,(r,x)∈𝕂.

Also, we introduce the operator Λ=Λ12−(2⁢Λ2+2⁢∂∂μ)2 defined on 𝕂^, where Λ1=1|μ|⁢(m⁢Δ+⁢Δ−+(α+1)⁢Δ+) and Λ2=−12⁢|μ|⁢((α+m+1)⁢Δ++m⁢Δ−).

The difference operators Δ+, Δ− are given for a suitable function h on 𝕂^, by

Δ+⁢h⁢(μ,m)=h⁢(μ,m+1)−h⁢(μ,m),
Δ−⁢h⁢(μ,m)={h⁢(μ,m)−h⁢(μ,m−1),if m⩾1;h⁢(μ,0),if m=0.

We introduce also the quasinorm

N⁢(μ,m)=|μ|⁢(m+α+12),(μ,m)∈𝕂^.

These operators satisfy some basic properties which can be found in [3, 20], namely one has

ℒα⁢φ(μ,m)⁢(r,x)=−N⁢(μ,m)⁢φ(μ,m)⁢(r,x),
Λ⁢φ(μ,m)⁢(r,x)=𝒩4⁢(r,x)⁢φ(μ,m)⁢(r,x).

For (r,x),(s,y)∈𝕂 and θ∈[0,2π[,t∈[0,1], let

((r,x),(s,y))θ,t=(r2+s2+2⁢r⁢s⁢t⁢cos⁡(θ),x+y+r⁢s⁢t⁢sin⁡(θ)).

The generalized translation operators 𝒯(r,x)(α) on the Laguerre hypergroup are given for f∈𝒞e,c⁢(𝕂) by

T(r,x)(α)⁢(s,y)={12⁢π⁢∫02⁢πf⁢(((r,x),(s,y))θ,1)⁢𝑑θ,if α=0;απ⁢∫02⁢π∫01f⁢(((r,x),(s,y))θ,t)⁢t⁢(1−t2)α−1⁢𝑑t⁢𝑑θ,if α>0.

The generalized translation operators 𝒯(r,x)(α) on the Laguerre hypergroup satisfies the following properties

(i) For all f∈Lp⁢(𝕂),p∈[1,+∞] and (r,x)∈𝕂, the function 𝒯(r,x)(α)⁢(f) belongs to Lp⁢(𝕂) and we have

(2) ‖𝒯(r,x)(α)⁢(f)‖p,να⩽‖f‖p,να.

(ii) For all (r,x)∈𝕂 and f∈L1⁢(𝕂), we get

(3) ∫𝕂𝒯(r,x)(α)⁢(f)⁢(s,y)⁢𝑑να⁢(s,y)=∫𝕂f⁢(s,y)⁢𝑑να⁢(s,y).

We denote by

∙ 𝒮e⁢(𝕂), the space of functions f:ℝ2⟶ℂ, even with respect to the first variable, C∞ on ℝ2 and rapidly decreasing together with their derivatives, i.e., for all k,p,q∈ℕ, we have

Nk,p,n⁢(f)=sup(r,x)∈𝕂((1+r2+x2)k⁢|∂p+q∂rp⁢∂xq⁢f⁢(r,x)|)<∞.

Equipped with the topology defined by the semi-norms Nk,p,n, 𝒮e⁢(𝕂) is a Fréchet space.

∙ 𝒮⁢(𝕂^), the space of functions h:𝕂^⟶ℂ such that

(i) For all m,n,p,q,ℓ∈ℕ, the function

μ⟼μp⁢(|μ|⁢(m+α+12))q⁢Λ1n⁢(Λ2+∂∂μ)ℓ⁢h⁢(μ,m),

is bounded and continuous on ℝ, C∞ on ℝ∗ such that the left and the right derivatives at zero exist.

(ii) For all k,p,q∈ℕ, we have

ℳk,p,q⁢(h)=sup(μ,m)∈ℝ∗×ℕ((1+μ2⁢(1+m2))k⁢|Λ1p⁢(Λ2+∂∂μ)q⁢h⁢(μ,m)|)<∞.

Equipped with the topology defined by the semi-norms ℳk,p,q, 𝒮⁢(𝕂^) is a Fréchet space.

For f∈L1⁢(𝕂), the Fourier–Laguerre transform ℱα is defined by

(4) ∀(μ,m)∈𝕂^,ℱα⁢(f)⁢(μ,m)=∫𝕂f⁢(r,x)⁢φ(−μ,m)⁢(r,x)⁢𝑑να⁢(r,x).

For every f∈L1⁢(𝕂), the function ℱα⁢(f) is bounded on 𝕂^ and satisfies

‖ℱα‖∞,γα⩽‖f‖1,να.
Theorem 1 (Inversion formula).

Let f∈L1⁢(𝕂) such that ℱα⁢(f)∈L1⁢(𝕂^), then for almost every (r,x)∈𝕂

(5) f⁢(r,x) =∫𝕂^ℱα⁢(f)⁢(μ,m)⁢φ(μ,m)⁢(r,x)⁢𝑑γα⁢(μ,m).
Theorem 2 (Plancherel theorem).

The Fourier transform ℱα can be extended to an isometric isomorphism from L2⁢(𝕂) onto L2⁢(𝕂^). In particular, for every f∈L2⁢(𝕂)

‖ℱα⁢(f)‖2,γα=‖f‖2,να.
Corollary 3.

For all functions f and h in L2⁢(𝕂), we have

(6) ∫𝕂f⁢(r,x)⁢h⁢(r,x)¯⁢𝑑να⁢(r,x) =∫𝕂^ℱα⁢(f)⁢(μ,m)⁢ℱα⁢(h)⁢(μ,m)¯⁢𝑑γα⁢(μ,m).
Theorem 4.

The generalized Fourier transform ℱα is a topological isomorphism from 𝒮e⁢(𝕂) onto 𝒮⁢(𝕂^). The inverse mapping is given by

∀(r,x)∈𝕂,ℱα−1⁢(f)⁢(r,x)=∫𝕂^f⁢(μ,m)⁢φ(μ,m)⁢(r,x)⁢𝑑γα⁢(μ,m).

3. The Laguerre-Gabor transform

Let ϕ,ψ∈𝒮⁢(𝕂^). We define the convolution product ϕ∗ψ of ϕ and ψ by

(7) ϕ∗ψ⁢(μ,m)=ℱα⁢(ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢ℱα−1⁢(ψ))⁢(μ,m),(μ,m)∈𝕂^.

This definition extends to ϕ∈Lp⁢(𝕂^),p=1,2 and ψ∈L2⁢(𝕂^).

The convolution ∗ verifies the following properties

Lemma 5.

1) For all ϕ∈L1⁢(𝕂^) and for all ψ∈L2⁢(𝕂^), the function ϕ∗ψ belongs to L2⁢(𝕂^) and we have

ℱα−1⁢(ϕ∗ψ)=ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢ℱα−1⁢(ψ).

2) Let ϕ,ψ∈L2⁢(𝕂^). Then the function ϕ∗ψ belongs to L2⁢(𝕂^) if and only if ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢ℱα−1⁢(ψ) belongs to L2⁢(𝕂) and we have

ℱα−1⁢(ϕ∗ψ)=ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢ℱα−1⁢(ψ),in theL2−case.

3) Let ϕ,ψ∈L2⁢(𝕂^). Then

(8) ∫𝕂^|ϕ∗ψ⁢(μ,m)|2⁢𝑑γα⁢(μ,m)=∫𝕂|ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(r,x)|2⁢|ℱα−1⁢(ψ)⁢(r,x)|2⁢𝑑να⁢(r,x),

where both sides are finite or infinite.

Proof.

1) For ϕ∈L1⁢(𝕂^), the function ℱα−1⁢(ϕ) belongs to L∞⁢(𝕂) and for ψ∈L2⁢(𝕂^), ℱα−1⁢(ψ)∈L2⁢(𝕂), then we deduce that ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢ℱα−1⁢(ψ)∈L2⁢(𝕂). Hence the result follows from (7) and Theorem 2.

2) The result follows from (7) and Theorem 2.

3) Let ϕ,ψ∈L2⁢(𝕂^). For ϕ∗ψ∈L2⁢(𝕂^), the function ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢ℱα−1⁢(ψ) belongs to L2⁢(𝕂). Then the result can be deduced according to (7) and Theorem 2. ∎

Definition 6.

Let ψ∈L2⁢(𝕂^) and (r,x)∈𝕂. The modulation of ψ by (r,x) is the function defined by

ψ(r,x)⁢(μ,m)=ℱα⁢(𝒯(r,x)(α)⁢|ℱα−1⁢(ψ)|2)⁢(μ,m),(μ,m)∈𝕂^.

On view of (3) and Theorem 2, we get

(9) ‖ψ(r,x)‖2,γα=‖ψ‖2,γα.
Definition 7.

Let ψ∈L2⁢(𝕂^). For a function ϕ∈L2⁢(𝕂^), we define the Laguerre Gabor transform by

(10) 𝒢ψ⁢(ϕ)⁢(μ,m,r,x)=ϕ∗ψ(r,x)⁢(μ,m),(μ,m)∈𝕂^.
Proposition \theproposition.

Let ϕ,ψ∈L2⁢(𝕂^), then

𝒢ψ⁢(ϕ)⁢(μ,m,r,x)=∫𝕂ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(s,y)⁢𝒯(r,x)(α)⁢|ℱα−1⁢(ψ)|2⁢(s,y)⁢φ(μ,m)⁢(s,y)⁢𝑑να⁢(s,y).
Proof.

The result follows from (7), the definition of ℱα and the fact that
ℱα−1⁢(ψ(r,x))⁢(s,y)=𝒯(r,x)(α)⁢|ℱα−1⁢(ψ)|2⁢(s,y). ∎

We denote by Lp⁢(𝕂^×𝕂),p∈[1,+∞], the space of measurable functions on 𝕂^+×𝕂 satisfying for p∈[1,+∞[

‖ϕ‖p,γα⊗να=(∫𝕂∫𝕂^|ϕ⁢(μ,m,r,x)|p⁢𝑑γα⁢(μ,m)⁢𝑑να⁢(r,x))1p<∞,

and for p=+∞

‖ϕ‖∞,γα⊗να=sup(r,x)∈𝕂,(μ,m)∈𝕂^|ϕ⁢(μ,m,r,x)|<∞.
Theorem 8 (Plancherel formula).

Let ψ∈L2⁢(𝕂^)\{0}. Then for every ϕ∈L2⁢(𝕂^), we have

‖𝒢ψ⁢(ϕ)‖2,γα⊗να=‖ϕ‖2,γα⁢‖ψ‖2,γα.
Proof.

Let ψ∈L2⁢(𝕂^). In view of (10) and (8), we get

∫𝕂∫𝕂^|𝒢ψ⁢(ϕ)⁢(μ,m,r,x)|2⁢𝑑γα⁢(μ,m)⁢𝑑να⁢(r,x)=
=∫𝕂∫𝕂^|ϕ∗ψ(r,x)⁢(μ,m)|2⁢𝑑γα⁢(μ,m)⁢𝑑να⁢(r,x)
=∫𝕂∫𝕂|ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(s,y)|2⁢|ℱα−1⁢(ψ(r,x))⁢(s,y)|2⁢𝑑να⁢(s,y)⁢𝑑να⁢(r,x).

Now, using the fact that ℱα−1⁢(ψ(r,x))⁢(s,y)=𝒯(r,x)(α)⁢|ℱα−1⁢(ψ)|2⁢(s,y), the relation (3), Theorem 2 and Fubini-Tonelli theorem, we obtain

∫𝕂∫𝕂^|𝒢ψ⁢(ϕ)⁢(μ,m,r,x)|2⁢𝑑γα⁢(μ,m)⁢𝑑να⁢(r,x)=
=∫𝕂∫𝕂|ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(s,y)|2⁢𝒯(r,x)(α)⁢|ℱα−1⁢(ψ)|2⁢(s,y)⁢𝑑να⁢(s,y)⁢𝑑να⁢(r,x)
=‖ϕ‖2,γα⁢‖ψ‖2,γα.

Which gives the desired result. ∎

Theorem 9 (Inversion formula).

Let ψ∈L2⁢(𝕂^)\{0}. For every ϕ∈L1⁢(𝕂^)∩L2⁢(𝕂^) such that ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)∈L1⁢(𝕂), we have

ϕ(μ,m)=1‖ψ‖2,γα2∫𝕂𝒢ψ(ϕ)(.,.,r,x)∗ψ(r,x)(s,y)dνα(r,x),(μ,m)∈𝕂^.
Proof.

In view of Lemma 5 (1), the function 𝒢ψ(ϕ)(.,.,r,x) belongs to L2⁢(𝕂^). Then by (7), we deduce that

𝒢ψ(ϕ)(.,.,r,x)∗ψ(r,x)(μ,m)=
=∫𝕂ℱα−1(𝒢ψ(ϕ)(.,.,r,x))(s,y)ℱα−1(ψ(r,x))(s,y)φ(−μ,m)(s,y)dνα(s,y).

Now, by Lemma 5 (1), we obtain

ℱα−1(𝒢ψ(ϕ)(.,.,r,x))(s,y)
=ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(s,y)⁢ℱα−1⁢(ψ(r,x))⁢(s,y)=ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(s,y)⁢𝒯(r,x)(α)⁢|ℱα−1⁢(ψ)|2⁢(s,y).

Hence,

𝒢ψ(ϕ)(.,.,r,x)∗ψ(r,x)(μ,m)
=∫𝕂ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(s,y)⁢𝒯(r,x)(α)⁢|ℱα−1⁢(ψ)|2⁢(s,y)⁢φ(−μ,m)⁢(s,y)⁢𝑑να⁢(s,y).

Finally, using Fubini’s theorem, definition of ℱα, Theorem 2 and (3), we get

∫𝕂 𝒢ψ(ϕ)(.,.,r,x)∗ψ(r,x)(μ,m)dνα(r,x)=
= ∫𝕂𝒯(r,x)(α)⁢|ℱα−1⁢(ψ)|2⁢(s,y)⁢(∫𝕂ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(s,y)⁢φ(−μ,m)⁢(s,y)⁢𝑑να⁢(s,y))⁢𝑑να⁢(r,x)
= ϕ⁢(μ,m)⁢‖ψ‖2,γα2.

And the proof of this theorem is completed. ∎

In the following we establish reproducing inversion formula of Calderón’s type for the Laguerre-Gabor transform 𝒢ψ.

Theorem 10.

Let ψ∈L2⁢(𝕂^)\{0} such that ℱα−1⁢(ψ)∈L∞⁢(𝕂). Then, for every ϕ∈L2⁢(𝕂^) and k∈ℕ∗, the function ϕk given by

ϕk⁢(μ,m) =1‖ψ‖2,γα2∫Bk+𝒢ψ(ϕ)(.,.,r,x)∗ψ(r,x)(s,y)dνα(r,x),

belongs to L2⁢(𝕂^) and satisfies

(11) limk⟶+∞‖ϕk−ϕ‖2,γα=0,

where Bk+={(s,y)∈𝕂,|(s,y)|⩽k}.

Proof.

According to Lemma 5 (2), the function 𝒢ψ(ϕ)(.,.,r,x) belongs to L2⁢(𝕂^), then by (7), we get

𝒢ψ(ϕ)(.,.,r,x)∗ψ(r,x)(μ,m)=
=∫𝕂ℱα−1(𝒢ψ(ϕ)(.,.,r,x))(s,y)ℱα−1(ψ(r,x))(s,y)φ(−μ,m)(s,y)dνα(s,y).

Now, by Lemma 5 (2), we obtain

(12) ℱα−1(𝒢ψ(ϕ)(.,.,r,x))(s,y)=
=ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(s,y)⁢ℱα−1⁢(ψ(r,x))⁢(s,y)=ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(s,y)⁢𝒯(r,x)(α)⁢|ℱα−1⁢(ψ)|2⁢(s,y).

Thus,

𝒢ψ(ϕ)(.,.,r,x)∗ψ(r,x)(μ,m)=
=∫𝕂ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(s,y)⁢𝒯(r,x)(α)⁢|ℱα−1⁢(ψ)|2⁢(s,y)⁢φ(−μ,m)⁢(s,y)⁢𝑑να⁢(s,y),

and

ϕk⁢(μ,m)=
=1‖ψ‖2,γα2⁢∫Bk+∫𝕂Fα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(s,y)⁢T(r,x)(α)⁢|ℱα−1⁢(ψ)|2⁢(s,y)⁢φ(−μ,m)⁢(s,y)⁢𝑑να⁢(s,y)⁢𝑑να⁢(r,x)
(13) =∫𝕂Φk⁢(s,y)⁢ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(s,y)⁢φ(−μ,m)⁢(s,y)⁢𝑑να⁢(s,y),

where

Φk⁢(s,y)=1‖ψ‖2,γα2⁢∫Bk+𝒯(r,x)(α)⁢|ℱα−1⁢(ψ)|2⁢(s,y)⁢𝑑να⁢(r,x).

From (3) and Theorem 2, we deduce that

‖Φk‖∞,να⩽1.

Applying Hölder’s inequality, we obtain

|Φk⁢(s,y)|2⩽να⁢(Bk+)‖ψ‖2,γα4⁢∫B+⁢(k)|𝒯(r,x)(α)⁢(|ℱα−1⁢(ψ)|2)⁢(s,y)|2⁢𝑑να⁢(r,x).

Invoking (2), the above expression becomes

‖Φk‖2,να2 ⩽να2⁢(Bk+)‖ψ‖2,γα4⁢∫𝕂|ℱα−1⁢(ψ)⁢(s,y)|4⁢𝑑να⁢(s,y)
⩽να2⁢(Bk+)⁢‖ℱα−1⁢(ψ)‖∞,να2‖ψ‖2,γα2.

Hence Φk∈L∞⁢(𝕂)∩L2⁢(𝕂). Therefore by (3), we have

ϕk=ℱα⁢(Φk⁢ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)).

Then by Theorem 2, it follows that ϕk∈L2⁢(𝕂^) and

‖ϕk−ϕ‖2,γα2=∫𝕂|ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(s,y)|2⁢(1−Φk⁢(s,y))2⁢𝑑να⁢(s,y).

On the other hand from (3), we get

limk⟶+∞Φk⁢(s,y)=1.

and

∀(s,y)∈𝕂,|ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(s,y)|2⁢(1−Φk⁢(s,y))2⩽|ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(s,y)|2.

Then, the expression (11) follows from the dominated convergence theorem. ∎

4. The extremal function associated with the Laguerre-Gabor transform

In this section, building on the ideas of Saitoh [21, 23] and by utilizing the theory of the Fourier transform ℱα, we give the important estimates for the extremal function related to the Laguerre-Gabor transform.

In the next, we will use the integral ∫𝕂d⁢να⁢(r,x)(1+(r4+x2)12)δ. This integral is finite if and only if δ>α+2.

Set r=ρ⁢cos12⁡θ and x=ρ2⁢sin⁡θ, we get

∫𝕂d⁢να⁢(r,x)(1+(r4+x2)12)δ =1π⁢Γ⁢(α+1)⁢∫−π2π2cosα⁡θ⁢(∫0+∞ρ2⁢α+3⁢d⁢ρ(1+ρ2)δ)⁢𝑑θ
=(α+1)⁢Γ⁢(δ−α−2)⁢Γ⁢(α+12)2⁢π⁢Γ⁢(δ)⁢Γ⁢(α+22).

In the following we suppose that δ>α+2. We denote by ℋδ the Sobolev type space of functions ϕ∈L2⁢(𝕂^) such that (1+(r4+x2)12)δ2⁢ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)∈L2⁢(𝕂). The space ℋδ provided with inner product

⟨ϕ,ψ⟩δ=∫𝕂(1+(r4+x2)12)δ⁢ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(r,x)⁢ℱα−1⁢(ψ)⁢(r,x)¯⁢𝑑να⁢(r,x),

and the norm ‖ϕ‖δ=⟨ϕ,ϕ⟩δ.

Proposition \theproposition.

Let δ>α+2. Then the function 𝒦δ defined by

(14) 𝒦δ⁢(μ,m,s,y)=∫𝕂φ(s,y)⁢(r,x)⁢φ(−μ,m)⁢(r,x)(1+(r4+x2)12)δ⁢𝑑να⁢(r,x),

is a reproducing kernel of the Hilbert space (ℋδ,⟨,⟩δ). That is

(i) For every (s,y)∈𝕂^, the function (μ,m)⟼𝒦δ⁢(μ,m,s,y) belongs to ℋδ.

(ii) For every ϕ∈ℋδ, and (s,y)∈𝕂^, we have the reproducing property,

⟨ϕ,𝒦δ(.,.,s,y)⟩δ=ϕ(s,y).
Proof.

For δ>α+2, the function (r,x)⟼1(1+(r4+x2)12)δ2 belongs to L2⁢(𝕂). Then for ϕ∈ℋδ, ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)∈L1⁢(𝕂)∩L2⁢(𝕂).

In view of (1), we deduce that the function (r,x)⟼φ(s,y)⁢(r,x)(1+(r4+x2)12)δ belongs to L1⁢(𝕂)∩L2⁢(𝕂). Consequently, the kernel 𝒦δ(.,.,.,.) is well defined and we have

𝒦δ⁢(μ,m,s,y)=ℱα⁢((1+(r4+x2)12)−δ⁢φ(s,y)⁢(r,x))⁢(μ,m),(μ,m)∈𝕂^.

By Theorem 2, it follows that the function 𝒦δ(.,.,s,y), belongs to L2⁢(𝕂^) and we have

(15) ℱα−1(𝒦δ(.,.,s,y))(r,x)=(1+(r4+x2)12)−δφ(s,y)(r,x),(r,x)∈𝕂.

Invoking (1), we obtain

∥𝒦δ(.,.,s,y)∥δ2 =∫𝕂(1+(r4+x2)12)−2⁢δ⁢|φ(s,y)⁢(r,x)|2⁢𝑑να⁢(r,x)
⩽∫𝕂(1+(r4+x2)12)−2⁢δ⁢𝑑να⁢(r,x)<∞.

This proves that for all (s,y)∈𝕂^, 𝒦δ(.,.,s,y)∈ℋδ.
(ii) Let ϕ∈ℋδ. By (15), we obtain

⟨ϕ,𝒦δ(.,.,s,y)⟩δ=∫𝕂ℱα−1(ϕ)(r,x)φ(−s,y)(r,x)dνα(r,x)=ϕ(s,y).

This completes the proof of the proposition. ∎

Proposition \theproposition.

Let δ>α+2 and ψ∈L2⁢(𝕂^). The mapping 𝒢ψ is a bounded linear operator from ℋδ into L2⁢(𝕂^×𝕂). Moreover, for all ϕ∈ℋδ,

‖𝒢ψ⁢(ϕ)‖2,γα⊗να⩽‖ψ‖2,γα⁢‖ϕ‖δ.
Proof.

From Theorem 8, the mapping 𝒢ψ⁢(ϕ) belongs to L2⁢(𝕂^×𝕂), and

‖𝒢ψ⁢(ϕ)‖2,γα⊗να=‖ϕ‖2,γα⁢‖ψ‖2,γα.

Moreover, for all ϕ∈ℋδ and from Theorem 2, we have
‖ϕ‖δ2⩾∫𝕂|ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(r,x)|2⁢𝑑να⁢(r,x)=‖ϕ‖2,γα2. which gives the result. ∎

Let σ>0. We denote by ⟨.,.⟩δ,σ the inner product defined on the space ℋδ by

⟨ϕ,h⟩δ,σ=σ⁢⟨ϕ,h⟩δ+⟨𝒢ψ⁢(ϕ),𝒢ψ⁢(h)⟩γα⊗να,

and ℋδ,σ the space (ℋδ,⟨.,.⟩δ,σ) which is a Hilbert space.

Theorem 11.

Let ψ∈L2⁢(𝕂^) and let σ>0. Then for δ>α+2, the Hilbert space ℋδ,σ has the following reproducing Kernel

(16) 𝒦δ,σ⁢(μ,m,s,y)=∫𝕂φ(−μ,m)⁢(r,x)⁢φ(s,y)⁢(r,x)σ⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)δ+‖ψ‖2,γα2⁢𝑑να⁢(r,x),

that is

(i) For every (s,y)∈𝕂^, the function 𝒦δ,σ(.,.,s,y) belongs to ℋδ,σ.

(ii) For every ϕ∈ℋδ,σ, and (s,y)∈𝕂^, we have the reproducing property,

⟨ϕ,𝒦δ,σ(.,.,s,y)⟩δ,σ=ϕ(s,y).
Proof.

In view of (1), we have

|φ(s,y)⁢(r,x)σ⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)δ+‖ψ‖2,γα2|⩽1σ⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)δ.

Since δ>α+2, then for all (s,y)∈𝕂^, the function
(r,x)⟼φ(s,y)⁢(r,x)σ⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)δ+‖ψ‖2,γα2 belongs to L1⁢(𝕂)∩L2⁢(𝕂).

We conclude that the function 𝒦δ,σ(.,.,.,.) is well defined and

(17) 𝒦δ,σ⁢(μ,m,s,y)=ℱα⁢(φ(s,y)⁢(r,x)σ⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)δ+‖ψ‖2,γα2)⁢(μ,m),(μ,m)∈𝕂^.

By Theorem 2, it follows that the function 𝒦δ,σ(.,.,s,y), belongs to L2⁢(𝕂^) and we have

2 |(1+(r4+x2)12)δ2ℱα−1(𝒦δ,σ(.,.,s,y))(r,x)|=
=|(1+(r4+x2)12)δ2⁢φ(s,y)⁢(r,x)σ⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)δ+‖ψ‖2,γα2|
⩽1σ⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)δ2.

This shows that for every (s,y)∈𝕂^, the function 𝒦δ,σ(.,.,s,y) belongs to ℋδ,σ.
(ii) Let ϕ∈ℋδ,σ. By (17), we have

(18) 2 ⟨ϕ,𝒦δ,σ(.,.,s,y)⟩δ=
=∫𝕂(1+(r4+x2)12)δ⁢ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(r,x)×ℱα−1(𝒦δ,σ(.,.,s,y))(r,x)¯⁢𝑑να⁢(r,x)
=∫𝕂(1+(r4+x2)12)δ⁢ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(r,x)×φ(−s,y)⁢(r,x)σ⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)δ+‖ψ‖2,γα2⁢𝑑να⁢(r,x).

Now, using (7), (17) and the fact that ℱα−1⁢(ψ(r,x))⁢(s,y)= 𝒯(r,x)(α)⁢|ℱα−1⁢(ψ)|2⁢(s,y), we obtain

2 𝒢ψ(𝒦δ,σ(.,.,s,y))(μ,m,u,v)=
=𝒦δ,σ(.,.,s,y)∗ψ(u,v)(μ,m)=ℱα(ℱα−1(𝒦δ,σ(.,.,s,y))ℱα−1(ψ(u,v)))(μ,m)
(19) =ℱα⁢(φ(s,y)⁢(r,x)σ⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)δ+‖ψ‖2,γα2⁢𝒯(u,v)(α)⁢|ℱα−1⁢(ψ)|2⁢(r,x))⁢(μ,m),

and

(20) 𝒢ψ⁢(ϕ)⁢(μ,m,u,v)=ℱα⁢(ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(r,x)⁢𝒯(u,v)(α)⁢|ℱα−1⁢(ψ)|2⁢(r,x))⁢(μ,m).

Now, by (4), (20), (3), (6) and Theorem 2, we get

2 ⟨𝒢ψ(ϕ),𝒢ψ(𝒦δ,σ(.,.,s,y))⟩γα⊗να=
=∫𝕂∫𝕂^𝒢ψ⁢(ϕ)⁢(μ,m,u,v)⁢𝒢ψ(𝒦δ,σ(.,.,s,y))(μ,m,u,v)¯⁢𝑑γα⁢(μ,m)⁢𝑑να⁢(u,v)
=∫𝕂∫𝕂ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(r,x)⁢φ(−s,y)⁢(r,x)σ⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)δ+‖ψ‖2,γα2
×𝒯(u,v)(α)⁢|ℱα−1⁢(ψ)|2⁢(r,x)⁢d⁢να⁢(r,x)⁢d⁢να⁢(u,v)
(21) =∫𝕂‖ψ‖2,γα2⁢ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(r,x)⁢φ(−s,y)⁢(r,x)σ⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)δ+‖ψ‖2,γα2⁢𝑑να⁢(r,x).

In view of (18) and (4), we obtain

2⟨ϕ,𝒦δ,σ(.,.,s,y)⟩δ,σ =σ⟨ϕ,𝒦δ,σ(.,.,s,y)⟩δ+⟨𝒢ψ(ϕ),𝒢ψ(𝒦δ,σ(.,.,s,y))⟩γα⊗να
=∫𝕂ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(r,x)⁢φ(−s,y)⁢(r,x)⁢𝑑να⁢(r,x)=ϕ⁢(s,y).

This completes the proof of the theorem. ∎

Theorem 12.

Let δ>α+2 and let ψ∈L2⁢(𝕂^). Then for every g∈L2⁢(𝕂^×𝕂) and for every σ>0, there exists a unique function ϕσ,g∗, where the infimum

(22) infϕ∈ℋδ{σ‖ϕ∥δ2+‖g−𝒢ψ⁢(ϕ)‖2,γα⊗να2},

is attained. Moreover the extremal function ϕσ,g∗ is given by

2 ϕσ,g∗⁢(s,y)=
(23) =∫𝕂∫𝕂φ(−s,y)(r,x)ℱα−1(g(.,.,u,v))(r,x)𝒯(u,v)(α)⁢|ℱα−1⁢(ψ)|2⁢(r,x)σ⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)δ+‖ψ‖2,γα2×𝑑να⁢(r,x)⁢𝑑να⁢(u,v).
Proof.

The existence and unicity of the extremal function ϕσ,g∗ satisfying relation (22) is given by [13, 15, 22]. On the other hand from Section 4 and Theorem 11, we have

(24) ϕσ,g∗(s,y)=⟨g,𝒢ψ(𝒦δ,σ(.,.,s,y))⟩γ⁢α⊗να.

In view of (4), we have

2 𝒢ψ(𝒦δ,σ(.,.,s,y))(μ,m,u,v)=
=∫𝕂φ(−μ,m)⁢(r,x)⁢φ(s,y)⁢(r,x)σ⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)δ+‖ψ‖2,γα2⁢𝒯(u,v)(α)⁢|ℱα−1⁢(ψ)|2⁢(r,x)⁢𝑑να⁢(r,x).

Therefore,

2⁢ϕσ,g∗⁢(s,y)= ∫𝕂∫𝕂^∫𝕂g⁢(μ,m,u,v)⁢φ(μ,m)⁢(r,x)⁢φ(−s,y)⁢(r,x)σ⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)δ+‖ψ‖2,γα2
×𝒯(u,v)(α)⁢|ℱα−1⁢(ψ)|2⁢(r,x)⁢d⁢να⁢(r,x)⁢d⁢να⁢(u,v)⁢d⁢γα⁢(μ,m).

Hence, by Fubibi’s theorem, we get the desired result. ∎

Lemma 13.

Let δ>α+2 and let ψ∈L2⁢(𝕂^). Then for all g∈L2⁢(𝕂^×𝕂) and for σ>0, we have

(1) ∀(s,y)∈𝕂^,|ϕσ,g∗⁢(s,y)|⩽Cα,δ2⁢σ⁢‖g‖2,γα⊗να.

(2) ‖ϕσ,g∗‖δ⩽12⁢σ⁢‖g‖2,γα⊗να.

Proof.

(1) From Theorem 8 and (24), we have

2⁢|ϕσ,g∗⁢(s,y)| ⩽∥g∥2,γα⊗να∥𝒢ψ(𝒦δ,σ(.,.,s,y))∥2,γα⊗να
⩽∥g∥2,γα⊗να∥ψ∥2,γα∥𝒦δ,σ(.,.,s,y)∥2,γα.

Again, according to Theorem 2 and (17), we get

2⁢|ϕσ,g∗⁢(s,y)| ⩽∥g∥2,γα⊗να∥ψ∥2,γα∥ℱα−1(𝒦δ,σ(.,.,s,y))∥2,να
⩽‖g‖2,γα⊗να⁢‖ψ‖2,γα⁢(∫𝕂d⁢να⁢(r,x)(σ⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)δ+‖ψ‖2,γα2)2)12.

Then, the result follows from the fact

(σ⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)δ+‖ψ‖2,γα2)2⩾4⁢σ⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)δ⁢‖ψ‖2,γα2.

(2) The function

(r,x)⟼∫𝕂ℱα−1(g(.,.,u,v))(r,x)𝒯(u,v)(α)⁢|ℱα−1⁢(ψ)|2⁢(r,x)σ⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)δ+‖ψ‖2,γα2⁢𝑑να⁢(u,v) belongs to L1⁢(𝕂)∩L2⁢(𝕂). Then, by (12), we deduce that the function ϕσ,g∗∈L2⁢(𝕂^) and

ℱα−1⁢(ϕσ,g∗)⁢(r,x)=∫𝕂ℱα−1(g(.,.,u,v))(r,x)𝒯(u,v)(α)⁢|ℱα−1⁢(ψ)|2⁢(r,x)σ⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)δ+‖ψ‖2,γα2⁢𝑑να⁢(u,v).

Applying Hölder’s inequality, (3) and Theorem 2, the last expression becomes,

|ℱα−1⁢(ϕσ,g∗)⁢(r,x)|2=‖ψ‖2,γα2⁢∫𝕂|ℱα−1(g(.,.,u,v))(r,x)|2(σ⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)δ+‖ψ‖2,γα2)2⁢𝑑να⁢(u,v).

Hence,

2⁢‖ϕσ,g∗‖δ2⩽ ∫𝕂‖ψ‖2,γα2⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)δ(σ⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)δ+‖ψ‖2,γα2)2×
×(∫𝕂|ℱα−1(g(.,.,u,v))(r,x)|2dνα(u,v))dνα(r,x)
⩽ 14⁢σ∫𝕂∫𝕂|ℱα−1(g(.,.,u,v))(r,x)|2dνα(u,v)dνα(r,x),

and Theorem 2 completes the proof. ∎

Theorem 14.

Let δ>α+2 and let ψ∈L2⁢(𝕂^). Then for every ϕ∈ℋδ, the function ϕσ,𝒢ψ⁢(ϕ)∗ belongs to ℋδ and verifies

limσ⟶0+‖ϕσ,𝒢ψ⁢(ϕ)∗−ϕ‖δ=0.

Moreover, the family of functions (ϕσ,𝒢ψ⁢(ϕ)∗)σ>0 converges uniformly to ϕ as σ⟶0+.

Proof.

Let ϕ∈ℋδ. By (12) and (12), we have

ϕσ,𝒢ψ⁢(ϕ)∗⁢(s,y)=‖ψ‖2,γα2⁢∫𝕂φ(−s,y)⁢(r,x)⁢ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(r,x)σ⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)δ+‖ψ‖2,γα2⁢𝑑να⁢(r,x),(s,y)∈𝕂^.

On the other hand, ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)∈L1⁢(𝕂)∩L2⁢(𝕂), then from the last expression and Eq. 5, we get

(25) ϕσ,𝒢ψ⁢(ϕ)∗⁢(s,y)−ϕ⁢(s,y)=−σ⁢∫𝕂φ(−s,y)⁢(r,x)⁢(1+(r2+x2)12)δ⁢ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(r,x)σ⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)δ+‖ψ‖2,γα2⁢𝑑να⁢(r,x).

Hence,

ℱα−1⁢(ϕσ,𝒢ψ⁢(ϕ)∗−ϕ)⁢(r,x)=−σ⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)δ⁢ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(r,x)σ⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)δ+‖ψ‖2,γα2.

It arives that

‖ϕσ,𝒢ψ⁢(ϕ)∗−ϕ‖δ2=∫𝕂σ2⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)3⁢δ⁢|ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(r,x)|2(σ⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)δ+‖ψ‖2,γα2)2⁢𝑑να⁢(r,x).

Now, using the fact σ2⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)3⁢δ⁢|ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(r,x)|2(σ⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)δ+‖ψ‖2,γα2)2⩽(1+(r4+x2)12)δ⁢|ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(r,x)|2, dominated convergence theorem and the fact that ϕ∈ℋδ, we deduce that

limσ⟶0+‖ϕσ,𝒢ψ⁢(ϕ)∗−ϕ‖δ=0.

On the other hand, in view of (25), we have

|ϕσ,𝒢ψ⁢(ϕ)∗⁢(s,y)−ϕ⁢(s,y)|⩽σ⁢∫𝕂(1+(r4+x2)12)δ⁢|ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(r,x)|σ⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)δ+‖ψ‖2,γα2⁢𝑑να⁢(r,x).

Using the fact that (1+(r4+x2)12)δ⁢|ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(r,x)|σ⁢(1+(r4+x2)12)δ+‖ψ‖2,γα2⩽|ℱα−1⁢(ϕ)⁢(r,x)| and dominated convergence theorem, we get

limσ⟶0+sup(s,y)∈𝕂^|ϕσ,𝒢ψ⁢(ϕ)∗⁢(s,y)−ϕ⁢(s,y)|=0.

∎

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