Polynomial potential minimization on the unit circle

Abstract

In the following, we study the minimization of polynomial potentials $f(t)$ on the unit circle, where the potentials take the form \[ f(t) = \sum_{i=1}^n b_i x^{2i}, \quad b_i \in \mathbb{R}. \] This form arises in the context of truncations of expansions of $p$-frame potentials. One approach to minimize these potentials involves rewriting the integral as a sum of integrals obtained by expanding the potential $f(t)={\sum }_{i=1}^n{c}_i{T}_i(t)$ in terms of Chebyshev polynomials. By replacing the inner product $⟨x,y⟩$ with $\cos ({\theta }_{x,y})$, we can reformulate the original problem as: \[ \min_{μ\in P(T)} \int_T \int_T f(\langle x, y \rangle) dμ(x) dμ(y) \] as an equivalent form: \[ \min_{ν\in P([-π, π])} \sum_{i=1}^n c_i \int_{-π}^π\int_{-π}^π\cos(n(x - y)) dν(x) dν(y) \].

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