Classical moment problems (Hamburger, Stieltjes, trigonometric)

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Let {mn:n≥0}\left\{ m_n : n \geq 0\right\} be a sequence of real numbers and show that the following statements are equivalent.

  1. There is a positive regular Borel measure μ\mu on [0,∞)[0, \infty ) such that mn=∫tn dμ(t)m_n = \int t^n \, d\mu (t) for all n≥0n \geq 0.

  2. If α0,…,αn∈C\alpha_0, \ldots , \alpha_n \in \mathbb {C}, then ∑j,k=0nmj+kαjαk‾≥0\sum_{j,k=0}^{n} m_{j+k} \alpha_j \overline{\alpha_k} \geq 0 and ∑j,k=0nmj+k+1αjαk‾≥0\sum_{j,k=0}^{n} m_{j+k+1} \alpha_j \overline{\alpha_k} \geq 0.

  3. There is a self-adjoint operator AA with σ(A)⊆[0,∞)\sigma (A) \subseteq [0, \infty ) and a vector ee in dom⁡An\operatorname {dom} A^n for all n≥0n \geq 0 such that mn=⟨Ane,e⟩m_n = \left\langle A^n e, e \right\rangle for n≥0n \geq 0.

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Let {mn:n∈Z}⊆C\left\{ m_n : n \in \mathbb {Z}\right\} \subseteq \mathbb {C} and show that the following statements are equivalent.

  1. There is a positive measure μ\mu on ∂D\partial \mathbb {D} such that mn=∫zn dμ(z)m_n = \int z^n \, d\mu (z) for all nn in Z\mathbb {Z}.

  2. If α−n,…,α−1,α0,α1,…,αn∈C\alpha_{-n}, \ldots , \alpha_{-1}, \alpha_0, \alpha_1, \ldots , \alpha_n \in \mathbb {C}, then ∑j,k=−nnmj−kαjαk‾≥0\sum_{j,k=-n}^{n} m_{j-k} \alpha_j \overline{\alpha_k} \geq 0.

  3. There is a unitary operator UU and a vector ee such that mn=⟨Une,e⟩m_n = \left\langle U^n e, e \right\rangle for all nn.

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Recall the proof that (7.1b) implies (7.1c) in the Stieltjes moment problem (Theorem 7.1): given a sequence {mn:n≥0}\left\{ m_n : n \geq 0\right\} of real numbers satisfying ∑j,k=0nmj+kαjαk‾≥0\sum_{j,k=0}^{n} m_{j+k}\alpha_j\overline{\alpha_k} \geq 0 and ∑j,k=0nmj+k+1αjαk‾≥0\sum_{j,k=0}^{n} m_{j+k+1}\alpha_j\overline{\alpha_k} \geq 0 for all α0,…,αn∈C\alpha_0, \ldots , \alpha_n \in \mathbb {C}, one lets H0\mathcal{H}_0 be the vector space of all finitely nonzero sequences {αn:n≥0}\left\{ \alpha_n : n \geq 0\right\} of complex numbers, with the semi-inner product [x,y]=∑j,k=0∞mj+kαjβk‾[x, y] = \sum_{j,k=0}^{\infty } m_{j+k} \alpha_j \overline{\beta_k} for x={αn}x = \left\{ \alpha_n\right\}, y={βn}y = \left\{ \beta_n\right\} in H0\mathcal{H}_0; lets T0x={0,α0,α1,…}T_0 x = \left\{ 0, \alpha_0, \alpha_1, \ldots \right\} for x={αn}x = \left\{ \alpha_n\right\} in H0\mathcal{H}_0, so that [T0x,y]=[x,T0y][T_0 x, y] = [x, T_0 y]; lets K0={x∈H0:[x,x]=0}\mathcal{K}_0 = \left\{ x \in \mathcal{H}_0 : [x,x] = 0\right\}, shows T0K0⊆K0T_0 \mathcal{K}_0 \subseteq \mathcal{K}_0, and lets TT be the densely defined symmetric operator induced by T0T_0 on the Hilbert space H\mathcal{H} obtained by completing H1=H0/K0\mathcal{H}_1 = \mathcal{H}_0/\mathcal{K}_0 with respect to the inner product induced by [⋅,⋅][\cdot ,\cdot ]; uses the conjugation J0({αn})={αn‾}J_0(\left\{ \alpha_n\right\} ) = \left\{ \overline{\alpha_n}\right\} on H0\mathcal{H}_0 (which satisfies J0K0⊆K0J_0 \mathcal{K}_0 \subseteq \mathcal{K}_0, so induces a conjugation JJ on H\mathcal{H} satisfying the hypotheses of Proposition 7.2) to produce a self-adjoint extension AA of TT; and takes e0={1,0,0,…}∈H0e_0 = \left\{ 1, 0, 0, \ldots \right\} \in \mathcal{H}_0 and e=e0+K0∈H1e = e_0 + \mathcal{K}_0 \in \mathcal{H}_1, so that e∈dom⁡Tn⊆dom⁡Ane \in \operatorname {dom} T^n \subseteq \operatorname {dom} A^n for all n≥0n \geq 0 and ⟨Ane,e⟩=[T0ne0,e0]=mn\left\langle A^n e, e \right\rangle = [T_0^n e_0, e_0] = m_n for all n≥0n \geq 0.

Show that the operator AA constructed in this way is cyclic.

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References

[Con07] Conway J.B. A Course in Functional Analysis. 2nd ed., Springer, 2007.