Uncertainty Principles for Fourier Multipliers

Abstract: The admittable Sobolev regularity is quantified for a function, $w$, which has a zero in the $d$--dimensional torus and whose reciprocal $u=1/w$ is a $(p,q)$--multiplier. Several aspects of this problem are addressed, including zero--sets of positive Hausdorff dimension, matrix valued Fourier multipliers, and non--symmetric versions of Sobolev regularity. Additionally, we make a connection between Fourier multipliers and approximation properties of Gabor systems and shift--invariant systems. We exploit this connection and the results on Fourier multipliers to refine and extend versions of the Balian--Low uncertainty principle in these settings.