Restricted Algebras on Inverse Semigroups—Part II: Positive Definite Functions

Restricted Algebras on Inverse Semigroups - Part II: Positive Definite Functions

The relation between representations and positive definite functions is a key concept in harmonic analysis on topological groups. Recently this relation has been studied on topological groupoids. In this paper, we investigate the concept of restricted positive definite functions and their relation with restricted representations of an inverse semigroup. We also introduce the restricted Fourier ...

Resticted Algebras on Inverse Semigroups Ii, Positive Definite Functions

In [1] we introduced the concept of restricted representations for an inverse semigroup S and studied the restricted forms of some important Banach algebras on S. In this paper, we continue our study by considering the relation between the restricted positive definite functions and retricted representations. In particular, we prove restricted versions of the Godement’s characterization of the p...

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...

Multivariate positive definite functions on spheres

In 1942 I.J. Schoenberg proved that a function is positive definite in the unit sphere if and only if this function is a positive linear combination of the Gegenbauer polynomials. In this paper we extend Schoenberg’s theorem for multivariate Gegenbauer polynomials. This extension derives new positive semidefinite constraints for the distance distribution which can be applied for spherical codes.

Schoenberg’s Problem on Positive Definite Functions