Title:Fourier decay of absolutely and Hölder continuous functions with infinitely or finitely many oscillations

Abstract:The main result of this paper is, that if we suppose that a function is absolutely continuous and uniformly Hölder continuous and that it's finite difference function does not oscillate infinitely often on a bounded interval, then the decay rate of its Fourier coefficients can be estimated exactly. This rate of decay predicts the same uniform Hölder continuity but the two other conditions are not necessary. Several examples from literature and by the author show that none of the assumptions can be relaxed without weakening the decay for some functions. The uniform Hölder continuity of chirps and the decay of their Fourier coefficients are studied. The main result is then applied in the estimation of the error of numerical Weyl fractional derivatives calculated using the discrete Fourier transform. The main result is also extended to Fourier transforms.