Some Remarks on the Algebra of Bounded Dirichlet Series

We consider here the algebra of functions which are analytic and bounded in the right half-plane and can moreover be expanded as an ordinary Dirichlet series. We first give a new proof of a theorem of Bohr saying that this expansion converges uniformly in each smaller half-plane; then, as a consequence of the alternative definition of this algebra as an algebra of functions analytic in the infinite-dimensional polydisk, we first observe that it does not verify the corona theorem of Carleson; and then, we give in a deterministic way a new quantitative proof of the Bohnenblust-Hille optimality theorem, through the construction of a generalized Rudin-Shapiro sequence of polynomials. Finally, we compare this proof with probabilistic ones.