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Positive definite collections of disks

Complex Variables 2007-09-28 v1 Metric Geometry

Abstract

Let Q(z,w)=k=1n[(zak)(wˉaˉk)Rk2]Q(z,w)=-\prod_{k=1}^n [(z-a_k)(\bar{w}-\bar{a}_k)-R_k^2]. M. Putinar and B. Gustafsson proved recently that the matrix Q(ai,aj)Q(a_i,a_j), 1i,jn1\leq i,j\leq n, is positive definite if disks zai<Ri|z-a_i|<R_i form a disjoint collection. We extend this result on symmetric collections of discs with overlapping. More precisely, we show that in the case when the nodes aja_j are situated at the vertices of a regular nn-gon inscribed in the unit circle and i:RiR\forall i: R_i\equiv R, the matrix Q(ai,aj)Q(a_i,a_j) is positive definite if and only if R<ρnR<\rho_n, where z=2ρn21z=2\rho_n^2-1 is the smallest 1\ne-1 zero of the Jacobi polynomial Pνn2ν,1(z)\mathcal{P}^{n-2\nu,-1}_\nu(z), ν=[n/2]\nu=[n/2].

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@article{arxiv.0709.4460,
  title  = {Positive definite collections of disks},
  author = {Vladimir Tkachev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0709.4460},
  year   = {2007}
}

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