A Fourier analysis for $(\theta ,T)$-periodic functions and applications

Abstract

We develop a Fourier analysis for a generalization of the class of periodic functions, often referred to as $(\theta ,T)$-periodic functions, and prove several properties and inequalities related to the Fourier transform, including a type of Poincaré inequality, which extend the periodic case. As an application, we employ this analysis to show that a continuous linear operator acting on smooth $(\theta ,T)$-periodic functions is globally hypoelliptic/solvable if and only if the corresponding operator which acts on periodic functions is globally hypoelliptic/solvable, and characterize the global hypoellipticity/solvability of a class of first order differential operators acting on the set of smooth $(\theta ,T)$-periodic functions.