On syndetic Riesz sequences

Abstract

Applying the solution to the Kadison-Singer problem, we show that every subset $\mathcal{S}$ of the torus of positive Lebesgue measure admits a Riesz sequence of exponentials $\left\{ e^{i\lambda x}\right\} _{\lambda \in \Lambda}$ such that $\Lambda\subset\mathbb{Z}$ is a set with gaps between consecutive elements bounded by ${\displaystyle \frac{C}{\left|\mathcal{S}\right|}}$. In the case when $\mathcal{S}$ is an open set we demonstrate, using quasicrystals, how such $\Lambda$ can be deterministically constructed.