Generalized Bochner theorem and Levy-Khinchine representation for completely positive definite generalized Toeplitz kernels

The so-called generalized Bochner theorem, stated by Cotlar and Sadosky, provides an integral representation of the positive definite generalized Toeplitz kernels. In this paper we derive noncommutative analogues of lifting theorems and the generalized Bochner theorem for completely positive definite generalized Toeplitz kernels, also considered by Cotlar and Sadosky, through the theory of unitary extensions of isometric operators. Moreover, in the case where the kernel is defined in×, we can associate to each unitary extension an interpolation colligation providing thus a wide class of liftings. Also a Levy-Khinchine type formula for this kind of kernels is obtained.This paper is supported by grants from the University of the Basque Country.     

The positive definite completion problem revisited

In [R. Grone, C.R. Johnson, E. Sa, H. Wolkowicz, Positive definite completions of partial Hermitian matrices, Linear Algebra Appl. 58 (1984) 109-124] the positive definite (semi-) completion problem in which the underlying graph is chordal was solved. For the positive definite case, the process was constructive and the completion was obtained by completing the partial matrix an entry at a time. For the positive semidefinite case, they obtained completions of a particular sequence of partial positive definite matrices with the same underlying graph and noted that there is a convergent subsequence of these completions that converges to the desired completion. Here, in the chordal case, we provide a constructive solution, based entirely on matrix/graph theoretic methods, to the positive (semi-)definite completion problem. Our solution associates a specific tree (called the “clique tree” [C.R. Johnson, M. Lundquist, Matrices with chordal inverse zero-patterns, Linear and Multilinear Algebra 36 (1993) 1-17]) with the (chordal) graph of the given partial positive (semi-)definite matrix. This tree structure allows us to complete the matrix a “block at a time” as opposed to an “entry at a time” (as in Grone et al. (1984) for the positive definite case). In Grone et al. (1984), using complex analytic techniques, the completion for the positive definite case was shown to be the unique determinant maximizing completion and was shown to be the unique completion that has zeros in its inverse in the positions corresponding to the unspecified entries of the partial matrix. Here, we show the same using only matrix/graph theoretic tools.     

Representation of measurable positive definite generalized Toeplitz Kernels inR

We define the signature of a bounded operatorA onL ² S ² and prove thatA is smooth for the action ofSO(3) onL ² S ² if and only if its signature is smooth and any finite application of certain differential operators to it yields the signature of a bounded operator. Moreover, we show that the formal Fourier multipliers with bounded and smoothly variable coefficients are well defined bounded operators which areSO(3)-smooth.     

A band method approach to a positive expansion problem in a unitary dilation setting

In this paper a positive commuting expansion problem is presented and solved. The problem is set up in the framework of a minimal unitary dilation of a contraction acting on a Hilbert space and includes the Carathéodory and other classical interpolation problems. By combining the geometry of the minimal unitary dilation with state space techniques from system theory, a special solution is constructed. Next using the band method approach and spectral factorizations of this special solution a linear fractional parameterization of all solutions is obtained. Explicit state space formulas and applications to some classical interpolation problems are given.     

On the Nevanlinna-Pick interpolation problem for generalized stieltjes functions

The solutions of the Nevanlinna-Pick interpolation problem for generalized Stieltjes matrix functions are parametrized via a fractional linear transformation over a subset of the class of classical Stieltjes functions. The fractional linear transformation of some of these functions may have a pole in one or more of the interpolation points, hence not all Stieltjes functions can serve as a parameter. The set of excluded parameters is characterized in terms of the two related Pick matrices.Dedicated to the memory of M. G. Kreîn     

On the Theory of Generalized Toeplitz Kernels

A new proof of the integral representation of the generalized Toeplitz kernels is given. This proof is based on the spectral theory of the corresponding differential operator that acts in the Hilbert space constructed from a kernel of this sort. A theorem on conditions that should be imposed on the kernel to guarantee the self-adjointness of the operator considered (i.e., the uniqueness of the measure in the representation) is proved.     

Integral Representations for Generalized Difference Kernels Having a Finite Number of Negative Squares

An integral representation is derived for matrix-valued generalized difference kernels which have a finite number of negative squares. The representation is used to extend such kernels to the real line with a bound on the number of negative squares. The main results are obtained by means of an operator interpolation theorem. The nondegenerate case is assumed.      

On three Krein extension problems and some generalizations

Three basic extension problems which were initiated by M. G. Krein are discussed and further developed. Connections with interpolation problems in the Carathéodory class are explained. Some tangential and bitangential versions are considered. Full characterizations of the classes of resolvent matrices for these problems are given and formulas for the resolvent matrices of left tangential problems are obtained using reproducing kernel Hilbert space methods.Dedicated to the memory of M. G. Krein, a beacon for us both.The authors wish to acknowledge the partial support of the Israel-Ukraine Exchange Program. D. Z. Arov also wishes to thank the Weizmann Institute of Science for partial support and hospitality; H. Dym wishes to thank Renee and Jay Weiss for endowing the chair which supports his research.     

Some generalizations of the classical moment problem

The article is devoted to two generalizations of the classical power moment problem, namely: 1) instead of representing the moment sequence by ⁿ , a representation by polynomialsP _n (), ¹, connected with a Jacobi matrix, appears; 2) in the representation, instead of ⁿ , the expression ⁿ figures, where is a real generalized function (i.e., we investigate some infinite-dimensional moment problem).The work is partially supported by the DFG, Project 436 UKR 113/39/0 and by the CRDF, Project UM1-2090.     

On the Spectral Theory of Generalized Toeplitz Kernels

We give a criterion for the denseness of the Fourier transform in the space L ² associated with spectral representation of positive-definite Toeplitz kernels.     

On two-sided interpolation for upper triangular Hilbert-Schmidt operators

Motivated by the theory of nonstationary linear systems a number of problems in the theory of analytic functions have analogues in the setting of upper-triangular operators, where the complex variable is replaced by a diagonal operator. In this paper we focus on the analogue of interpolation in the Hardy space H₂ and study a two-sided Nudelman type interpolation problem in the framework of upper-triangular Hilbert-Schmidt operators.     

The maximum principle for the three chains completion problem

A time-variant version of the maximum principle for the central solution in the commutant lifting theorem is given. The main result is illustrated on the Parrott completion problem.     

A harmonic-type maximal principle in the three chains completion problem

In this note, we prove a harmonic-type maximal principle for the Schur parametrization of all contractive interpolants in the three chains completion problem (see [4]), which is analogous to the maximal principle proven in [2] in case of the Schur parametrization of all contractive intertwining liftings in the commutant lifting theorem.     

On the eigenvalue problem for a particular class of finite Jacobi matrices

A function f with simple and nice algebraic properties is defined on a subset of the space of complex sequences. Some special functions are expressible in terms of f, first of all the Bessel functions of first kind. A compact formula in terms of the function f is given for the determinant of a Jacobi matrix. Further we focus on the particular class of Jacobi matrices of odd dimension whose parallels to the diagonal are constant and whose diagonal depends linearly on the index. A formula is derived for the characteristic function. Yet another formula is presented in which the characteristic function is expressed in terms of the function f in a simple and compact manner. A special basis is constructed in which the Jacobi matrix becomes a sum of a diagonal matrix and a rank-one matrix operator. A vector-valued function on the complex plain is constructed having the property that its values on spectral points of the Jacobi matrix are equal to corresponding eigenvectors.     

Structure of Hiai-Petz parametrized geometry for positive definite matrices

Recently Hiai-Petz (2009) [10] discussed a parametrized geometry for positive definite matrices with a pull-back metric for a diffeomorphism to the Euclidean space. Though they also showed that the geodesic is a path of operator means, their interest lies mainly in metrics of the geometry. In this paper, we reconstruct their geometry without metrics and then we show their metric for each unitarily invariant norm defines a Finsler one. Also we discuss another type of geometry in Hiai and Petz (2009) [10] which is a generalization of Corach-Porta-Recht’s one [3].