Time–frequency shift invariance and the Amalgam Balian–Low theorem

Abstract

We consider smoothness properties of the generator of a principal Gabor space on the real line which is invariant under some additional translation–modulation pair. We prove that if a Gabor system on a lattice with rational density is a Riesz basis for its closed linear span, and if the closed linear span, a Gabor space, has any additional translation–modulation invariance, then its generator cannot decay well in time and in frequency simultaneously.