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Poisson Summation Formula
Periodize a continuous complex-valued function by adding all of its integer translates. If those translates are summable uniformly in sup norm on every compact and the Fourier transform is summable at the integers, then the periodized value at x is reconstructed from those Fourier samples with the phase determined by x modulo one.
- Poisson summation
- Fourier transform
- periodization
- integer lattices
- Fourier series
- compact-uniform summability
Exact theorem
Exact Mathlib statement
theorem Real.tsum_eq_tsum_fourier {f : C(ℝ, ℂ)} (h_norm : ∀ K : Compacts ℝ, Summable fun n : ℤ => ‖(f.comp <| ContinuousMap.addRight n).restrict K‖) (h_sum : Summable fun n : ℤ => 𝓕 (f : ℝ → ℂ) n) (x : ℝ) : ∑' n : ℤ, f (x + n) = ∑' n : ℤ, 𝓕 (f : ℝ → ℂ) n * fourier n (x : UnitAddCircle)The theorem at a glance
Poisson Summation Formula at a glance
A visual guide to the theorem's hypotheses, structure, and conclusion; the exact statement gives the formal detail.
Poisson Summation Formula at a glance

Detailed visual description
The poster states the exact general-x relation in words, keeps continuity and both summability hypotheses prominent, and uses an unlabeled spatial-lattice to period-circle to frequency-lattice diagram. Four source-route movements explain coefficient identification and pointwise Fourier recovery, while the footer reserves the unphased identity for x equals zero.
Statement structure
Statement and scope
Read the exact Mathlib declaration
This map summarizes the statement's structure; the exact Mathlib declaration remains authoritative.
Periodization and phase-resolved Fourier samples — scientific schematic

Detailed visual description
The repeated asymmetric profile represents integer translates of a general continuous function rather than a Gaussian example. The central circle represents periodization modulo one; differently oriented cobalt and emerald spokes represent phase-resolved integer Fourier samples, and the dashed gold spoke marks a generic position. The figure contains no coordinate axes or numeric specialization and does not present the unphased x = 0 identity as the general conclusion.
Why it matters
A mathematical landmark
Poisson summation is a central bridge between spatial and frequency lattices. It converts a sum of translates into a Fourier series and underlies theta-function identities, sampling arguments, analytic number theory, and many duality calculations.
ProofAtlas record
What has been checked
Mathlib is the source of the theorem; the local Lean replay and page review are separate.
Claim boundary
No new theorem is claimed
This page indexes Mathlib's general one-dimensional Poisson summation declaration for a continuous map f : ℝ → ℂ. It assumes that, for every compact K, the series of sup norms of the integer translates restricted to K is summable, and that the series of integer Fourier-transform samples is summable. The conclusion holds at every real x and weights each Fourier sample by fourier n at x viewed in UnitAddCircle. The familiar unphased formula is the x = 0 specialization, not the displayed conclusion at arbitrary x.
- Proof Atlas did not originate the Poisson summation formula or Mathlib's declaration.
- The selected declaration does not remove either summability hypothesis or assert compact support, Schwartz decay, or a convergence rate.
- It is not a distributional, L², higher-dimensional lattice, or finite discrete Fourier transform statement.
- The generated explanation and visuals are not proof evidence.
Source and local evidence
Where the theorem comes from
- Existing declaration
Real.tsum_eq_tsum_fourierin mathlib- Relationship
- The checked artifact is the upstream declaration itself
- Local Lean evidence
artifact.library.mathlib.poisson-summation-formula.v001