Compact Open Spectral Sets In $\mathbb{Q}_p$

Abstract

In this article, we prove that a compact open set in the field $\mathbb{Q}_p$ of $p$-adic numbers is a spectral set if and only if it tiles $\mathbb{Q}_p$ by translation, and also if and only if it is $p$-homogeneous which is easy to check. We also characterize spectral sets in $\mathbb{Z}/p^n \mathbb{Z}$ ($p\ge 2$ prime, $n\ge 1$ integer) by tiling property and also by homogeneity. Moreover, we construct a class of singular spectral measures in $\mathbb{Q}_p$, some of which are self-similar measures.

32 pages, 8 figures. Revised version to appear in Journal of Functional Analysis