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The Central Limit Theorem for Iterated Functions Systems on the circle is proved. We study also ergodicity of such systems.

Normed spaces appear to have very little going for them: aside from the hackneyed linear structure, you get a norm whose only virtue, aside from separating points, is the Triangle Inequality. What could you possibly prove with that? As it turns out, quite a lot. In this article we will start by considering basic convexity properties of normed spaces, and gradually build up to some of the highlights of Functional Analysis, emphasizing how these notions of convexity play a key ...

We consider sequences of random variables whose probability generating functions are polynomials all of whose roots lie on the unit circle. The distribution of such random variables has only been sporadically studied in the literature. We show that the random variables are asymptotically normally distributed if and only if the fourth normalized (by the standard deviation) central moment tends to 3, in contrast to the common scenario for polynomials with only real roots for wh...

A correspondence between arbitrary Fourier series and certain analytic functions on the unit disk of the complex plane is established. The expression of the Fourier coefficients is derived from the structure of complex analysis. The orthogonality and completeness relations of the Fourier basis are derived in the same way. It is shown that the limiting function of any Fourier series is also the limit to the unit circle of an analytic function in the open unit disk. An alternat...

This survey contains the introduction to the subject. Many new results are also included.

We identify all uniform limits of polynomials on the closed unit disc with respect to the chordal metric \c{hi} . One such limit is f=oo. The other limits are holomorphic functions f:-->C so that for every {\zeta} in the boundary of unit disc D the limf(z) while z-->{\zeta} exists in C U {oo}. The class of the above functions is denoted by A(D)~. We study properties of the members of A(D)~, as well as, some topological properties of A(D)~ endowed with its natural metric topol...

The zeros of semi-orthogonal functions with respect to a probability measure mu supported on the unit circle can be applied to obtain Szego quadrature formulas. The discrete measures generated by these formulas weakly converge to the orthogonality measure mu. In this paper we construct families of semi-orthogonal functions with interlacing zeros, and give a representation of the support of mu in terms of the asymptotic distribution of such zeros.

Continuous analogs of orthogonal polynomials on the circle are solutions of a canonical system of differential equations, introduced and studied by M.G.Krein and recently generalized to matrix systems by L.A.Sakhnovich. We prove that the continuous analog of the adjoint polynomials converges in the upper half-plane in the case of L^2 coefficients, but in general the limit can be defined only up to a constant multiple even when the coefficients are in L^p for any p>2, the spec...

In this note we consider some generalizations of the Schwarz lemma for harmonic functions on the unit disk, whereby values of such functions and the norms of their differentials at the point $z=0$ are given.

Fourier Transforms is a first in a series of monographs we present on harmonic analysis. Harmonic analysis is one of the most fascinating areas of research in mathematics. Its centrality in the development of many areas of mathematics such as partial differential equations and integration theory and its many and diverse applications in sciences and engineering fields makes it an attractive field of study and research. The purpose of these notes is to introduce the basic ide...