Characterizations of Gelfand-Shilov Spaces

In this thesis we examine properties of Gelfand-Shilov spaces Ssσ and Pilipović spaces Σsσ. These are spaces of smooth functions which, along with their Fourier transforms, decay sub-exponentially. Results for the two types of spaces relating to Fourier transforms, analyticity of functions, triviality of the spaces and short-time Fourier transforms are explored. It is determined that Σsσ is nontrivial if and only if s+σ>1, and that results for Ssσ when s+σ≥1 can generally be found to have corresponding counterparts for Σsσ when s+σ>1