Riesz bases of exponentials on multiband spectra

Let $S$ be the union of finitely many disjoint intervals on the real line. Suppose that there are two real numbers $\alpha, \beta$ such that the length of each interval belongs to $Z \alpha + Z \beta$. We use quasicrystals to construct a discrete set of real frequencies such that the corresponding system of exponentials is a Riesz basis in the space $L^2(S)$.Comment: 5 pages, to appear in Proceedings of the American Mathematical Societ

Sets of bounded discrepancy for multi-dimensional irrational rotation

We study bounded remainder sets with respect to an irrational rotation of the $d$-dimensional torus. The subject goes back to Hecke, Ostrowski and Kesten who characterized the intervals with bounded remainder in dimension one. First we extend to several dimensions the Hecke-Ostrowski result by constructing a class of $d$-dimensional parallelepipeds of bounded remainder. Then we characterize the Riemann measurable bounded remainder sets in terms of "equidecomposability" to such a parallelepiped. By constructing invariants with respect to this equidecomposition, we derive explicit conditions for a polytope to be a bounded remainder set. In particular this yields a characterization of the convex bounded remainder polygons in two dimensions. The approach is used to obtain several other results as well.Comment: To appear in Geometric And Functional Analysi