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Special N-extremal solutions to indeterminate moment problems

Functional Analysis 2026-03-30 v1

Abstract

For an N-extremal solution μ\mu to an indeterminate moment problem it is known by a theorem of M. Riesz that the measure (1+x2)1dμ(x)(1+x^2)^{-1}d\mu(x) is determinate. For 0<α<10<\alpha<1 we show by contradiction that there exist indeterminate N-extremal solutions μ\mu such that (1+x2)αdμ(x)(1+x^2)^{-\alpha}d\mu(x) is determinate, and there exist also indeterminate N-extremal solutions μ\mu such that (1+x2)αdμ(x)(1+x^2)^{-\alpha}d\mu(x) is indeterminate. Explicit examples of such measures are so far only known when α=1/2\alpha=1/2. For indeterminate Stieltjes moment problems and for N-extremal solutions μ\mu, we show that (1+x2)1/2dμ(x)(1+x^2)^{-1/2}d\mu(x) is indeterminate except when μ=μF\mu=\mu_F is the Friedrichs solution in case of which (1+x2)1/2dμF(x)(1+x^2)^{-1/2}d\mu_F(x) is determinate. We identify the Friedrichs and Krein solutions for some indeterminate Stieltjes moment problems.

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@article{arxiv.2603.26302,
  title  = {Special N-extremal solutions to indeterminate moment problems},
  author = {Christian Berg and Ryszard Szwarc},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.26302},
  year   = {2026}
}

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20 pages

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