Quasi-analytic function

In mathematics, a quasi-analytic class of functions is a generalization of the class of real analytic functions based upon the following fact. If f is an analytic function on an interval [a,b] ⊂ R, and at some point f and all of its derivatives are zero, then f is identically zero on all of [a,b]. Quasi-analytic classes are broader classes of functions for which this statement still holds true.

Let ${\displaystyle M=\{M_{k}\}_{k=0}^{\infty }}$ be a sequence of positive real numbers. Then we define the class of functions C^M([a,b]) to be those f ∈ C^∞([a,b]) which satisfy

for all x ∈ [a,b], some constant A, and all non-negative integers k. If M_k = k! this is exactly the class of real analytic functions on [a,b]. The class C^M([a,b]) is said to be quasi-analytic if whenever f ∈ C^M([a,b]) and

for some point x ∈ [a,b] and all k, f is identically equal to zero.

A function f is called a quasi-analytic function if f is in some quasi-analytic class.

The Denjoy–Carleman theorem, proved by Carleman (1926) after Denjoy (1921) gave some partial results, gives criteria on the sequence M under which C^M([a,b]) is a quasi-analytic class. It states that the following conditions are equivalent:

The proof that the last two conditions are equivalent to the second uses Carleman's inequality.

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