  A classical result of Arne Beurling states that the Fourier transform of a
nonzero complex Borel measure $\mu$ on the real line cannot vanish on a set of
positive Lebesgue measure if $\mu$ has certain decay. We prove a several
variable analogue of Beurling's theorem by exploring its connection with the
well-known problem concerning the density of linear span of exponentials in a
certain weighted normed linear space of continuous functions. In the process,
we also prove some new results of this genre and establish an equivalence
between the above two problems. We also obtain a generalisation of Beurling's
theorem and prove these results on the $n$-dimensional torus $\mathbb{T}^n.$

Functional Analysis