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Strict definiteness of integrals via complete monotonicity of derivatives

Author(s): L. Mattner
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 349 (1997), 3321-3342.
MSC (1991): Primary 26D15, 43A35, 31A15, 60E15
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Abstract: Let $k$ be a nonnegative integer and let $\varphi : (0,\infty ) \rightarrow \Bbb R$ be a $C^\infty $ function with $(-)^k\cdot \varphi ^{(k)}$ completely monotone and not constant. If $\sigma \neq 0$ is a signed measure on any euclidean space $\Bbb R^d$, with vanishing moments up to order $k-1$, then the integral $ \int _{\Bbb R^d} \int _{\Bbb R^d} \varphi ( \|x-y\|^2 ) \,   d\sigma (x) d\sigma (y)$ is strictly positive whenever it exists. For general $d$ no larger class of continuous functions $\varphi $ seems to admit the same conclusion. Examples and applications are indicated. A section on ''bilinear integrability'' might be of independent interest.


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L. Mattner
Affiliation: Universität Hamburg, Institut für Mathematische Stochastik, Bundesstr. 55, D--20146 Hamburg, Germany
Email: mattner@math.uni--hamburg.de

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-97-01966-1
PII: S 0002-9947(97)01966-1
Keywords: Bernstein functions, Besicovitch covering theorem, bilinear integrability, conditionally positive definite functions, determinate moment problem, energy integrals, integral inequalities, logarithmic potential theory, moment inequalities, radial analysis
Received by editor(s): January 28, 1996
Dedicated: Dedicated with gratitude to Professor Erwin Mues, on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday
Copyright of article: Copyright 1997, American Mathematical Society


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