On Markov operators preserving polynomials |
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Authors: | Francesco Altomare Mirella Cappelletti Montano Vita Leonessa Ioan Raşa |
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Institution: | 1. Dipartimento di Matematica, Università degli Studi di Bari “A. Moro”, Campus Universitario, Via E. Orabona n. 4, 70125 Bari, Italy;2. Dipartimento di Matematica, Informatica ed Economia, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Viale Dell''Ateneo Lucano n. 10, Campus di Macchia Romana, 85100 Potenza, Italy;3. Department of Mathematics, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Str. Memorandumului 28, RO-400114 Cluj-Napoca, Romania |
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Abstract: | The paper is concerned with a special class of positive linear operators acting on the space C(K) of all continuous functions defined on a convex compact subset K of Rd, d?1, having non-empty interior. Actually, this class consists of all positive linear operators T on C(K) which leave invariant the polynomials of degree at most 1 and which, in addition, map polynomials into polynomials of the same degree. Among other things, we discuss the existence of such operators in the special case where K is strictly convex by also characterizing them within the class of positive projections. In particular we show that such operators exist if and only if ∂K is an ellipsoid. Furthermore, a characterization of balls of Rd in terms of a special class of them is furnished. Additional results and illustrative examples are presented as well. |
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Keywords: | Markov operator Second-order elliptic differential operator Markov semigroup Polynomial preserving property |
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