Strong moment problems for rapidly decreasing smooth functions

Durán, Ana Lía; Estrada, Ricardo

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1994-1164143-7

Strong moment problems for rapidly decreasing smooth functions
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Abstract:

It is shown that the existence of rapidly decreasing smooth solutions of various moment problems follows from the theorem of Ritt on the existence of analytic functions with a prescribed asymptotic power series at the vertex of a given sector.

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