Positive definite functions on the unit sphere and integrals of Jacobi polynomials

Generalizations and Specializations of Generating Functions for Jacobi, Gegenbauer, Chebyshev and Legendre Polynomials with Definite Integrals

In this paper we generalize and specialize generating functions for classical orthogonal polynomials, namely Jacobi, Gegenbauer, Chebyshev and Legendre polynomials. We derive a generalization of the generating function for Gegenbauer polynomials through extension a two element sequence of generating functions for Jacobi polynomials. Specializations of generating functions are accomplished throu...

Strictly positive definite functions on the complex Hilbert sphere

We write S∞ to denote the unit sphere of `, the set of all z in ` for which 〈z, z〉 = 1 (this set is often called the complex Hilbert sphere). A continuous complex-valued function f defined on the closed unit disc D := {ζ ∈ C : |ζ| ≤ 1} is said to be positive definite of order n on S∞ if, for any set of n distinct points z1, . . . , zn on S∞, the n×n matrix A with ij-entry given by f(〈zi, zj〉) i...

Strictly positive definite functions on the unit circle

We study strictly positive definite functions on the unit circle in the Euclidean space of dimension two. We develop several conditions pertaining to the determination of such functions. The major result is obtained by considering the set of real numbers as a vector space over the field of rational numbers and then applying the Kronecker approximation theorem and Weyl’s criterion on equidistrib...

GENERALIZED POSITIVE DEFINITE FUNCTIONS AND COMPLETELY MONOTONE FUNCTIONS ON FOUNDATION SEMIGROUPS

A general notion of completely monotone functionals on an ordered Banach algebra B into a proper H*-algebra A with an integral representation for such functionals is given. As an application of this result we have obtained a characterization for the generalized completely continuous monotone functions on weighted foundation semigroups. A generalized version of Bochner’s theorem on foundation se...

On the Representation of Arbitrary Functions by Definite Integrals.