On The Rationality Of The Spectrum
  Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}$ be a compact set with measure $1$. If there exists a subset $\Lambda \subset \mathbb{R}$ such that the set of exponential functions $E_{\Lambda}:=\{e_\lambda(x) = e^{2\pi i \lambda x}|_\Omega :\lambda \in \Lambda\}$ is an orthonormal basis for $L^2(\Omega)$, then $\Lambda$ is called a spectrum for the set $\Omega$. A set $\Omega$ is said to tile $\mathbb{R}$ if there exists a set $\mathcal T$ such that $\Omega + \mathcal T = \mathbb{R}$. A conjecture of Fuglede suggests that Spectra and Tiling sets are related. Lagarias and Wang \cite {LW1} proved that Tiling sets are always periodic and are rational. That any spectrum is also a periodic set was proved in \cite {BM1}, \cite {IK}. In this paper, we give some partial results to support the rationality of the spectrum. 
Debashish Bose and Shobha Madan
math.CA