The quantitative isoperimetric inequality for the Hilbert-Schmidt norm of localization operators

Abstract

In this paper we study the Hilbert-Schmidt norm of time-frequency localization operators $L_{\Omega} \colon L^2(\mathbb{R}^d) \rightarrow L^2(\mathbb{R}^d)$, with Gaussian window, associated with a subset $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{2d}$ of finite measure. We prove, in particular, that the Hilbert-Schmidt norm of $L_\Omega$ is maximized, among all subsets $\Omega$ of a given finite measure, when $\Omega$ is a ball and that there are no other extremizers. Actually, the main result is a quantitative version of this estimate, with sharp exponent. A similar problem is addressed for wavelet localization operators, where rearrangements are understood in the hyperbolic setting.