On the Truncated Multidimensional Moment Problems in Cn

We consider the problem of finding a (non-negative) measure μ on B(Cn) such that ∫Cnzkdμ(z)=sk, ∀k∈K. Here, K is an arbitrary finite subset of Z+n, which contains (0,…,0), and sk are prescribed complex numbers (we use the usual notations for multi-indices). There are two possible interpretations of this problem. Firstly, one may consider this problem as an extension of the truncated multidimensional moment problem on Rn, where the support of the measure μ is allowed to lie in Cn. Secondly, the moment problem is a particular case of the truncated moment problem in Cn, with special truncations. We give simple conditions for the solvability of the above moment problem. As a corollary, we have an integral representation with a non-negative measure for linear functionals on some linear subspaces of polynomials.

On an application of the Boundary control method to classical moment problems.

We establish relationships between the classical moments problems which are problems of a construction of a measure supported on a real line, on a half-line or on an interval from prescribed set of moments with the Boundary control approach to a dynamic inverse problem for a dynamical system with discrete time associated with Jacobi matrices. We show that the solution of corresponding truncated moment problems is equivalent to solving some generalized spectral problems.

The Legacy of Peter Wynn

After the death of Peter Wynn in December 2017, manuscript documents he left came to our knowledge. They concern continued fractions, rational (Padé) approximation, Thiele interpolation, orthogonal polynomials, moment problems, series, and abstract algebra. The purpose of this paper is to analyze them and to make them available to the mathematical community. Some of them are in quite good shape, almost finished, and ready to be published by anyone willing to check and complete them. Others are rough notes, and need to be reworked. Anyway, we think that these works are valuable additions to the literature on these topics and that they cannot be left unknown since they contain ideas that were never exploited. They can lead to new research and results. Two unpublished papers are also mentioned here for the first time.

The Stieltjes condition and multidimensional $${\mathcal {K}}$$-moment problems

We prove a solvability theorem for the Stieltjes problem on $$\mathbb {R}^d$$ R d which is based on the multivariate Stieltjes condition $$\sum _{n=1}^\infty L(x_j^{n})^{-1/(2n)} =+\infty $$ ∑ n = 1 ∞ L ( x j n ) - 1 / ( 2 n ) = + ∞ , $$j=1,\dots ,d.$$ j = 1 , ⋯ , d . This result is applied to derive a new solvability theorem for the moment problem on unbounded semi-algebraic subsets of $$\mathbb {R}^d$$ R d .

The multidimensional truncated moment problem: Carathéodory numbers from Hilbert functions

In this paper we improve the bounds for the Carathéodory number, especially on algebraic varieties and with small gaps (not all monomials are present). We provide explicit lower and upper bounds on algebraic varieties, $$\mathbb {R}^n$$ R n , and $$[0,1]^n$$ [ 0 , 1 ] n . We also treat moment problems with small gaps. We find that for every $$\varepsilon >0$$ ε > 0 and $$d\in \mathbb {N}$$ d ∈ N there is a $$n\in \mathbb {N}$$ n ∈ N such that we can construct a moment functional $$L:\mathbb {R}[x_1,\cdots ,x_n]_{\le d}\rightarrow \mathbb {R}$$ L : R [ x 1 , ⋯ , x n ] ≤ d → R which needs at least $$(1-\varepsilon )\cdot \left( {\begin{matrix} n+d\\ n\end{matrix}}\right) $$ ( 1 - ε ) · n + d n atoms $$l_{x_i}$$ l x i . Consequences and results for the Hankel matrix and flat extension are gained. We find that there are moment functionals $$L:\mathbb {R}[x_1,\cdots ,x_n]_{\le 2d}\rightarrow \mathbb {R}$$ L : R [ x 1 , ⋯ , x n ] ≤ 2 d → R which need to be extended to the worst case degree 4d, $$\tilde{L}:\mathbb {R}[x_1,\cdots ,x_n]_{\le 4d}\rightarrow \mathbb {R}$$ L ~ : R [ x 1 , ⋯ , x n ] ≤ 4 d → R , in order to have a flat extension.