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We present new classes of positive definite kernels on non-standard spaces that are integrally strictly positive definite or characteristic. In particular, we discuss radial kernels on separable Hilbert spaces, and introduce broad classes…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2022-06-16 Johanna Ziegel , David Ginsbourger , Lutz Dümbgen

We exhibit an explicit, deterministic algorithm for finding a canonical form for a positive definite matrix under unimodular integral transformations. We use characteristic sets of short vectors and partition-backtracking graph software.…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-11-17 Mathieu Dutour Sikirić , Anna Haensch , John Voight , Wessel P. J. van Woerden

Positive semidefinite Hermitian matrices that are not fully specified can be completed provided their underlying graph is chordal. If the matrix is positive definite the completion can be uniquely characterized as the matrix that maximizes…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2021-12-08 Olaf Dreyer

In this paper we solve support vector machines in reproducing kernel Banach spaces with reproducing kernels defined on nonsymmetric domains instead of the traditional methods in reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces. Using the orthogonality of…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2015-01-16 Gregory E. Fasshauer , Fred J. Hickernell , Qi Ye

Although a unique solution is guaranteed in the Linear complementarity problem (LCP) when the matrix $\mathbf{M}$ is positive definite, practical applications often involve cases where $\mathbf{M}$ is only positive semi-definite, leading to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-11 Jiamin Xu , Nazli Demirer , Vy Pho , He Zhang , Kaixiao Tian , Ketan Bhaidasna , Robert Darbe , Dongmei Chen

With view to applications, we establish a correspondence between two problems: (i) the problem of finding continuous positive definite extensions of functions $F$ which are defined on open bounded domains $\Omega$ in $\mathbb{R}$, on the…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-19 Palle Jorgensen , Feng Tian

We define an extension of operator-valued positive definite functions from the real or complex setting to topological algebras, and describe their associated reproducing kernel spaces. The case of entire functions is of special interest,…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-05 Daniel Alpay , Ismael L. Paiva

The completely positive rank is an analogue of topological covering dimension, defined for nuclear C*-algebras via completely positive approximations. These may be thought of as simplicial approximations of the algebra, which leads to the…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Wilhelm Winter

We study the problem of extending a positive-definite operator-valued kernel, defined on words of a fixed finite length from a free semigroup, to a global kernel defined on all words. We show that if the initial kernel satisfies a natural…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-14 James Tian

We solve the problem of characterizing the existence of a polynomial matrix of fixed degree when its eigenstructure (or part of it) and some of its rows (columns) are prescribed. More specifically, we present a solution to the row (column)…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2024-02-07 A. Amparan , I. Baragaña , S. Marcaida , A. Roca

This work aims to prove that the classical Gaussian kernel, when defined on a non-Euclidean symmetric space, is never positive-definite for any choice of parameter. To achieve this goal, the paper develops new geometric and analytical…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-09 Nathael Da Costa , Cyrus Mostajeran , Juan-Pablo Ortega , Salem Said

The paper introduces a new characterisation of strictly positive definiteness for kernels on the 2-sphere without assuming the kernel to be radially (isotropic) or axially symmetric. The results use the series expansion of the kernel in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-05-06 Janin Jäger

We establish the existence of solutions of the Cauchy problem for a higher-order semilinear parabolic equation by introducing a new majorizing kernel. We also study necessary conditions on the initial data for the existence of local-in-time…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-09-13 Kazuhiro Ishige , Tatsuki Kawakami , Shinya Okabe

We discuss a (i) quantized version of the Jordan decomposition theorem for a complex Borel measure on a compact Hausdorff space, namely, the more general problem of decomposing a general noncommutative kernel (a quantization of the standard…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2022-02-04 Joseph A. Ball , Gregory Marx , Victor Vinnikov

For the real, continuous, isotropic and positive definite kernels on a product of spheres, one may consider not only its usual strict positive definiteness but also strict positive definiteness restrict to the points of the product that…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2015-05-15 Jean C. Guella , Valdir A. Menegatto

We show that, for positive definite kernels, if specific forms of regularity (continuity, Sn-differentiability or holomorphy) hold locally on the diagonal, then they must hold globally on the whole domain of positive-definiteness. This…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2018-02-21 Jorge Buescu , António Paixão , Claudemir Oliveira

For two continuous and isotropic positive definite kernels on the same compact two-point homogeneous space, we determine necessary and sufficient conditions in order that their product be strictly positive definite. We also provide a…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2018-10-17 Rafaela N. Bonfim , Jean C. Guella , Valdir A. Menegatto

In this paper, we study the existence of positive solutions for a class of conformable fractional differential equations with integral boundary conditions. By using the properties of the Green's function and the fixed point theorem in a…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2019-01-30 Faouzi Haddouchi

In this paper, we inspect a relatively unexplored notion of finite generation in semirings, namely semirings in which all congruences are finitely generated. Such semirings are dubbed Congruence Noetherian. After developing sufficient…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2025-11-18 Snehinh Sen

In this paper, we investigate the existence and nonexistence of entire solutions to a general class of Cauchy problems in the positive half line. Our results provide a unified approach to proving sharp local and entire solvability of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-12 Feida Jiang , Neil S. Trudinger , Qiao-Qiao Xu