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Matrix Fej\'er-Riesz type theorem for a union of an interval and a point

Functional Analysis 2026-01-07 v2

Abstract

The matrix Fej\'er-Riesz theorem characterizes positive semidefinite matrix polynomials on the real line. In the previous work of the second-named author this was extended to the characterization on arbitrary closed semialgebraic sets KK in R\mathbb{R} by using matrix quadratic modules from real algebraic geometry. In the compact case there is a denominator-free characterization, while in the non-compact case denominators are needed except when KK is the whole line, an unbounded interval, a union of two unbounded intervals, and it was conjectured also when KK is a union of an unbounded interval and a point or a union of two unbounded intervals and a point. In this paper, we confirm this conjecture by solving the truncated matrix-valued moment problem (TMMP) on a union of a bounded interval and a point. The presented technique for solving the corresponding TMMP can potentially be used to determine degree bounds in the positivity certificates for matrix polynomials on compact sets KK.

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@article{arxiv.2507.01357,
  title  = {Matrix Fej\'er-Riesz type theorem for a union of an interval and a point},
  author = {Shengding Sun and Aljaž Zalar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.01357},
  year   = {2026}
}

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22 pages. To appear in J. Pure Appl. Algebra