Basic Definitions and E-Transform

This file defines the core algebraic objects for the finite additive convolution (box-plus operation) and proves translation invariance via the E-transform.

Main definitions

• boxPlusCoeff: Coefficient formula for the box-plus convolution
• boxPlusConv: Box-plus convolution of two coefficient sequences
• polyToCoeffs: Convert a polynomial to its descending-degree coefficient sequence
• coeffsToPoly: Convert a coefficient sequence back to a polynomial
• polyBoxPlus: Box-plus convolution of two polynomials
• eTransform: The Eₙ transform mapping coefficient sequences to polynomials
• polyTrunc: Truncation of a polynomial to degree at most d
• truncExp: Truncated exponential polynomial

Main theorems

• eTransform_boxPlus: Eₙ(p ⊞ q) = truncate(Eₙ(p) * Eₙ(q))
• boxPlus_translate: Translation invariance of box-plus convolution

Notation

• p ⊞[n] q is used for polyBoxPlus n p q

Basic definitions

noncomputable def Problem4.boxPlusCoeff (n : ℕ) (a b : ℕ → ℝ) (k : ℕ) : ℝ

The coefficient formula for box-plus convolution: c_k = ∑_{i+j=k} [(n-i)!(n-j)! / (n!(n-k)!)] · aᵢ · bⱼ We work with real coefficients throughout.

Equations

• Problem4.boxPlusCoeff n a b k = ∑ i ∈ Finset.range (k + 1), ↑(n - i).factorial * ↑(n - (k - i)).factorial / (↑n.factorial * ↑(n - k).factorial) * a i * b (k - i)

noncomputable def Problem4.boxPlusConv (n : ℕ) (a b : ℕ → ℝ) : ℕ → ℝ

The box-plus convolution of two coefficient sequences of degree ≤ n. Given a = (a₀, a₁, ..., aₙ) and b = (b₀, b₁, ..., bₙ), returns the coefficient sequence c = (c₀, c₁, ..., cₙ).

Equations

• Problem4.boxPlusConv n a b k = if k ≤ n then Problem4.boxPlusCoeff n a b k else 0

def Problem4.polyToCoeffs (p : Polynomial ℝ) (n : ℕ) : ℕ → ℝ

Convert a polynomial to its coefficient sequence in the basis x^{n-k}: p(x) = ∑_k a_k x^{n-k}, so a_k is the coefficient of x^{n-k} in p.

Equations

• Problem4.polyToCoeffs p n k = p.coeff (n - k)

noncomputable def Problem4.coeffsToPoly (a : ℕ → ℝ) (n : ℕ) : Polynomial ℝ

Convert a coefficient sequence back to a polynomial.

Equations

• Problem4.coeffsToPoly a n = ∑ k ∈ Finset.range (n + 1), Polynomial.C (a k) * Polynomial.X ^ (n - k)

noncomputable def Problem4.polyBoxPlus (n : ℕ) (p q : Polynomial ℝ) : Polynomial ℝ

The box-plus convolution of two polynomials of degree ≤ n.

Equations

• (p ⊞[n] q) = Problem4.coeffsToPoly (Problem4.boxPlusConv n (Problem4.polyToCoeffs p n) (Problem4.polyToCoeffs q n)) n

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Notation p ⊞[n] q for polyBoxPlus n p q, the degree-n box-plus convolution.

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The Eₙ transform

noncomputable def Problem4.eTransform (n : ℕ) (a : ℕ → ℝ) : Polynomial ℝ

The Eₙ transform: E_n(f)(t) = ∑_k (a_k / n^{(k)}) t^k.

Equations

• Problem4.eTransform n a = ∑ k ∈ Finset.range (n + 1), Polynomial.C (a k / ↑(n.descFactorial k)) * Polynomial.X ^ k

noncomputable def Problem4.polyTrunc (d : ℕ) (p : Polynomial ℝ) : Polynomial ℝ

Truncation of a polynomial to degree ≤ d.

Equations

• Problem4.polyTrunc d p = ∑ k ∈ Finset.range (d + 1), Polynomial.C (p.coeff k) * Polynomial.X ^ k

theorem Problem4.factorial_ne_zero_real (n : ℕ) : ↑n.factorial ≠ 0

n! is nonzero as a real number.

theorem Problem4.descFactorial_eq_div (n k : ℕ) (hk : k ≤ n) : ↑(n.descFactorial k) = ↑n.factorial / ↑(n - k).factorial

n.descFactorial k expressed as n!/(n-k)! over ℝ.

theorem Problem4.coeff_eTransform (n : ℕ) (a : ℕ → ℝ) (k : ℕ) : (eTransform n a).coeff k = if k ≤ n then a k / ↑(n.descFactorial k) else 0

Coefficient extraction for eTransform.

theorem Problem4.coeff_polyTrunc (d : ℕ) (p : Polynomial ℝ) (k : ℕ) : (polyTrunc d p).coeff k = if k ≤ d then p.coeff k else 0

Coefficient extraction for polyTrunc.

theorem Problem4.eTransform_boxPlus (n : ℕ) (a b : ℕ → ℝ) : eTransform n (boxPlusConv n a b) = polyTrunc n (eTransform n a * eTransform n b)

Key property: E_n(p ⊞_n q) = (E_n(p) · E_n(q)) truncated to degree ≤ n. This is equation (2.2) from the informal proof.

Translation invariance: helper lemmas

theorem Problem4.descFactorial_ne_zero_real (n k : ℕ) (hk : k ≤ n) : ↑(n.descFactorial k) ≠ 0

n.descFactorial k is nonzero over ℝ when k ≤ n.

theorem Problem4.descFactorial_split (n k s : ℕ) (hk : k ≤ n) (hs : s ≤ k) : n.descFactorial k = n.descFactorial (k - s) * (n - k + s).descFactorial s

Splitting identity: n^{(k)} = n^{(k-s)} · (n-k+s)^{(s)} for s ≤ k ≤ n.

theorem Problem4.choose_div_descFactorial (n k s : ℕ) (hk : k ≤ n) (hs : s ≤ k) : ↑((n - k + s).choose s) / ↑(n.descFactorial k) = 1 / (↑s.factorial * ↑(n.descFactorial (k - s)))

Key combinatorial identity: C(n-k+s, s) / n^{(k)} = 1/(s! · n^{(k-s)}). This underlies the E-transform translation formula.

theorem Problem4.coeff_comp_X_sub_C (p : Polynomial ℝ) (a : ℝ) (j N : ℕ) (hN : p.natDegree < N) : (p.comp (Polynomial.X - Polynomial.C a)).coeff j = ∑ i ∈ Finset.range N, p.coeff i * (-a) ^ (i - j) * ↑(i.choose j)

Coefficient of p.comp (X - C a) via Taylor expansion.

noncomputable def Problem4.truncExp (n : ℕ) (a : ℝ) : Polynomial ℝ

The truncated exponential e^{-at} to degree ≤ n.

Equations

• Problem4.truncExp n a = ∑ k ∈ Finset.range (n + 1), Polynomial.C ((-a) ^ k / ↑k.factorial) * Polynomial.X ^ k

theorem Problem4.coeff_truncExp (n : ℕ) (a : ℝ) (k : ℕ) : (truncExp n a).coeff k = if k ≤ n then (-a) ^ k / ↑k.factorial else 0

Coefficient extraction for truncExp.

theorem Problem4.polyTrunc_mul_left (n : ℕ) (f g : Polynomial ℝ) : polyTrunc n (polyTrunc n f * g) = polyTrunc n (f * g)

polyTrunc on left factor: polyTrunc n (polyTrunc n f * g) = polyTrunc n (f * g).

theorem Problem4.polyTrunc_mul_right (n : ℕ) (f g : Polynomial ℝ) : polyTrunc n (f * polyTrunc n g) = polyTrunc n (f * g)

polyTrunc on right factor: polyTrunc n (f * polyTrunc n g) = polyTrunc n (f * g).

theorem Problem4.polyTrunc_mul_polyTrunc (n : ℕ) (f g : Polynomial ℝ) : polyTrunc n (polyTrunc n f * polyTrunc n g) = polyTrunc n (f * g)

polyTrunc distributes over truncated products: polyTrunc n (polyTrunc n f * polyTrunc n g) = polyTrunc n (f * g).

theorem Problem4.exp_product_coeff (a b : ℝ) (k : ℕ) : ∑ s ∈ Finset.range (k + 1), (-a) ^ s / ↑s.factorial * ((-b) ^ (k - s) / ↑(k - s).factorial) = (-(a + b)) ^ k / ↑k.factorial

Binomial theorem for truncated exponentials: Σ_{s=0}^k (-a)^s/s! · (-b)^{k-s}/(k-s)! = (-(a+b))^k / k!

theorem Problem4.truncExp_mul (n : ℕ) (a b : ℝ) : polyTrunc n (truncExp n a * truncExp n b) = truncExp n (a + b)

Product of truncated exponentials: polyTrunc n (truncExp n a * truncExp n b) = truncExp n (a + b).

theorem Problem4.eTransform_translate_coeff (n m : ℕ) (p : Polynomial ℝ) (a : ℝ) (_hp : p.natDegree ≤ n) (hm : m ≤ n) : (∑ i ∈ Finset.range (n + 1), p.coeff i * (-a) ^ (i - (n - m)) * ↑(i.choose (n - m))) / ↑(n.descFactorial m) = ∑ s ∈ Finset.range (m + 1), (-a) ^ s / ↑s.factorial * (p.coeff (n - (m - s)) / ↑(n.descFactorial (m - s)))

Key coefficient identity for E-transform translation: the Taylor expansion coefficients divided by descFactorial equal the Cauchy product of truncated exponential and E-transform coefficients.

theorem Problem4.eTransform_translate (n : ℕ) (p : Polynomial ℝ) (a : ℝ) (hp : p.natDegree ≤ n) : eTransform n (polyToCoeffs (p.comp (Polynomial.X - Polynomial.C a)) n) = polyTrunc n (truncExp n a * eTransform n (polyToCoeffs p n))

E-transform of translated polynomial: E_n(polyToCoeffs(p(x-a), n)) = polyTrunc n (truncExp a * E_n(p)). This is the formal version of E_n(p_a) = (e^{-at} E_n(p))_{≤n}.

theorem Problem4.coeff_coeffsToPoly (a : ℕ → ℝ) (n j : ℕ) : (coeffsToPoly a n).coeff j = if j ≤ n then a (n - j) else 0

Coefficient extraction for coeffsToPoly.

theorem Problem4.polyToCoeffs_coeffsToPoly (a : ℕ → ℝ) (n k : ℕ) (hk : k ≤ n) : polyToCoeffs (coeffsToPoly a n) n k = a k

Round-trip: polyToCoeffs ∘ coeffsToPoly = id for k ≤ n.

theorem Problem4.coeffsToPoly_polyToCoeffs (p : Polynomial ℝ) (n : ℕ) (hp : p.natDegree ≤ n) : coeffsToPoly (polyToCoeffs p n) n = p

Round-trip: coeffsToPoly ∘ polyToCoeffs = id for degree ≤ n.

theorem Problem4.natDegree_coeffsToPoly_le (a : ℕ → ℝ) (n : ℕ) : (coeffsToPoly a n).natDegree ≤ n

coeffsToPoly produces a polynomial of degree ≤ n.

theorem Problem4.coeffsToPoly_congr (f g : ℕ → ℝ) (n : ℕ) (h : ∀ k ≤ n, f k = g k) : coeffsToPoly f n = coeffsToPoly g n

coeffsToPoly depends only on values at indices ≤ n.

theorem Problem4.natDegree_polyBoxPlus_le (n : ℕ) (p q : Polynomial ℝ) : (p ⊞[n] q).natDegree ≤ n

polyBoxPlus produces a polynomial of degree ≤ n.

theorem Problem4.polyBoxPlus_coeff_top (n : ℕ) (p q : Polynomial ℝ) (hp_monic : p.Monic) (hq_monic : q.Monic) (hp_deg : p.natDegree = n) (hq_deg : q.natDegree = n) : (p ⊞[n] q).coeff n = 1

The top coefficient of polyBoxPlus n p q is 1 when both inputs are monic of degree n.

theorem Problem4.polyBoxPlus_natDegree (n : ℕ) (p q : Polynomial ℝ) (hp_monic : p.Monic) (hq_monic : q.Monic) (hp_deg : p.natDegree = n) (hq_deg : q.natDegree = n) : (p ⊞[n] q).natDegree = n

polyBoxPlus n p q has natDegree exactly n when both inputs are monic of degree n.

theorem Problem4.polyBoxPlus_monic (n : ℕ) (p q : Polynomial ℝ) (hp_monic : p.Monic) (hq_monic : q.Monic) (hp_deg : p.natDegree = n) (hq_deg : q.natDegree = n) : (p ⊞[n] q).Monic

polyBoxPlus n p q is monic when both inputs are monic of degree n.

theorem Problem4.boxPlusCoeff_comm (n : ℕ) (a b : ℕ → ℝ) (k : ℕ) : boxPlusCoeff n a b k = boxPlusCoeff n b a k

The box-plus coefficient formula is symmetric: swapping the two input sequences yields the same result. This follows by reindexing i ↦ k - i in the defining sum.

theorem Problem4.boxPlusConv_comm (n : ℕ) (a b : ℕ → ℝ) : boxPlusConv n a b = boxPlusConv n b a

boxPlusConv is symmetric: boxPlusConv n a b = boxPlusConv n b a.

theorem Problem4.polyBoxPlus_comm (n : ℕ) (p q : Polynomial ℝ) : (p ⊞[n] q) = q ⊞[n] p

polyBoxPlus is commutative: polyBoxPlus n p q = polyBoxPlus n q p.

theorem Problem4.natDegree_comp_X_sub_C_le (p : Polynomial ℝ) (a : ℝ) : (p.comp (Polynomial.X - Polynomial.C a)).natDegree ≤ p.natDegree

natDegree of p.comp(X - C a) ≤ natDegree of p.

Translation invariance

theorem Problem4.boxPlus_translate (n : ℕ) (p q : Polynomial ℝ) (a b : ℝ) (hp : p.natDegree ≤ n) (hq : q.natDegree ≤ n) : (p.comp (Polynomial.X - Polynomial.C a) ⊞[n] q.comp (Polynomial.X - Polynomial.C b)) = (p ⊞[n] q).comp (Polynomial.X - Polynomial.C (a + b))

If p_a(x) = p(x - a) and q_b(x) = q(x - b), then p_a ⊞_n q_b(x) = (p ⊞_n q)(x - a - b). Requires degree ≤ n since polyBoxPlus only reads coefficients up to degree n.

theorem Problem4.coeff_polyBoxPlus_uniform (n : ℕ) (q : Polynomial ℝ) : ∃ (C : ℝ), 0 < C ∧ ∀ (p₁ p₂ : Polynomial ℝ) (δ : ℝ), 0 < δ → (∀ (k : ℕ), |p₁.coeff k - p₂.coeff k| ≤ δ) → ∀ (k : ℕ), |(p₁ ⊞[n] q).coeff k - (p₂ ⊞[n] q).coeff k| ≤ C * δ

Uniform Lipschitz bound for polyBoxPlus: the constant C depends only on n and q, not on the polynomials being compared or the perturbation size δ.