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I am looking for a function with the following property:

Let $v_1,v_2$ be two linearly independent vectors in $\mathbb{R}^2.$

I am given a smooth function $g:(0,1) \rightarrow (0,\infty).$

I am trying to understand if there exists a smooth (non-constant) function $f:(0,1) \times \mathbb R^2 \rightarrow \mathbb R^2$ with the property that for all $n,m \in \mathbb Z$ such that $g(t)=n/m$, where $n/m$ is a reduced fraction, we have for all $x \in \mathbb R^2$

$$f(t,mv_1+x)=f(t,x)=f(t,nv_2+x)$$ and $n,m$ are the minimal periods of the function $f$, i.e. for all natural numbers $1\le n_0 <n$ we do not have

$$f(t,nv_2+x)=f(t,x)$$ and the same for $m.$

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Define $f(t,x\mathbf v_1+y\mathbf v_2)=e^{2\pi i(x/g(t)+yg(t))}$. Then $f(t,\mathbf x+j\mathbf v_1)=e^{2\pi ij/g(t)}f(t,\mathbf x)$ and similarly $f(t,\mathbf y+k\mathbf v_2)=e^{2\pi ikg(t)}f(t,\mathbf x)$.

Suppose $t$ is such that $g(t)=\frac nm$ (in lowest terms). Then $f(t,\mathbf x+j\mathbf v_1)=e^{2\pi ijm/n}f(t,\mathbf x)$ so that $f(t,\cdot)$ is $j\mathbf v_1$-periodic if and only if $n|jm$ if and only if $n|j$. Similarly $f(t,\mathbf x+k\mathbf v_2)=e^{2\pi ikn/m}$, so that $f(t,\cdot)$ is $k\mathbf v_2$-periodic if and only if $m|k$.

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