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Entrywise functions preserving positivity and related notions have a rich history, beginning with the seminal works of Schur, P\'olya-Szeg\H{o}, Schoenberg, and Rudin. Following their classical results, it is well-known that entrywise…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-27 Projesh Nath Choudhury , Shivangi Yadav

We resolve an algebraic version of Schoenberg's celebrated theorem [Duke Math.J., 1942] characterizing entrywise matrix transforms that preserve positive definiteness. Compared to the classical real and complex settings, we consider…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2026-02-05 Dominique Guillot , Himanshu Gupta , Prateek Kumar Vishwakarma , Chi Hoi Yip

Entrywise functions preserving the cone of positive semidefinite matrices have been studied by many authors, most notably by Schoenberg [Duke Math. J. 9, 1942] and Rudin [Duke Math. J. 26, 1959]. Following their work, it is well-known that…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2024-03-29 Dominique Guillot , Apoorva Khare , Bala Rajaratnam

We prove that the only entrywise transforms of rectangular matrices which preserve total positivity or total non-negativity are either constant or linear. This follows from an extended classification of preservers of these two properties…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-25 Alexander Belton , Dominique Guillot , Apoorva Khare , Mihai Putinar

The question of which functions acting entrywise preserve positive semidefiniteness has a long history, beginning with the Schur product theorem [Crelle 1911], which implies that absolutely monotonic functions (i.e., power series with…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2023-09-07 Prateek Kumar Vishwakarma

A classical theorem proved in 1942 by I.J. Schoenberg describes all real-valued functions that preserve positivity when applied entrywise to positive semidefinite matrices of arbitrary size; such functions are necessarily analytic with…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2016-05-09 Alexander Belton , Dominique Guillot , Apoorva Khare , Mihai Putinar

We continue the study of real polynomials acting entrywise on matrices of fixed dimension to preserve positive semidefiniteness, together with the related analysis of order properties of Schur polynomials. Previous work has shown that,…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2023-10-30 Alexander Belton , Dominique Guillot , Apoorva Khare , Mihai Putinar

We present an overview of a classical theme in analysis and matrix positivity: the question of which functions preserve positive semidefiniteness when applied entrywise. In addition to drawing the attention of experts such as Schoenberg,…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2026-05-25 Apoorva Khare

Functions preserving Loewner positivity when applied entrywise to positive semidefinite matrices have been widely studied in the literature. Following the work of Schoenberg [Duke Math. J. 9], Rudin [Duke Math. J. 26], and others, it is…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2016-12-13 Dominique Guillot , Apoorva Khare , Bala Rajaratnam

Entrywise functions preserving Loewner positivity have been studied by many authors, most notably Schoenberg and Rudin. Following their work, it is known that functions preserving positivity when applied entrywise to positive semidefinite…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2014-04-30 Dominique Guillot , Apoorva Khare , Bala Rajaratnam

Given $I\subset\mathbb{C}$ and an integer $N>0$, a function $f:I\to\mathbb{C}$ is entrywise positivity preserving on positive semidefinite (p.s.d.) matrices $A=(a_{jk})\in I^{N\times N}$, if the entrywise application $f[A]=(f(a_{jk}))$ of…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2021-12-08 Apoorva Khare , Terence Tao

We consider the problem of characterizing entrywise functions that preserve the cone of positive definite matrices when applied to every off-diagonal element. Our results extend theorems of Schoenberg [Duke Math. J. 9], Rudin [Duke Math. J.…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2013-05-17 Dominique Guillot , Bala Rajaratnam

Compared to the entrywise transforms which preserve positive semidefiniteness, those leaving invariant the inertia of symmetric matrices reveal a surprising rigidity. We first obtain the classification of negativity preservers by combining…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2026-04-14 Alexander Belton , Dominique Guillot , Apoorva Khare , Mihai Putinar

A classical result by Schoenberg (1942) identifies all real-valued functions that preserve positive semidefiniteness (psd) when applied entrywise to matrices of arbitrary dimension. Schoenberg's work has continued to attract significant…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-04-29 Alexander Belton , Dominique Guillot , Apoorva Khare , Mihai Putinar

Convolution admits a natural formulation as a functional operation on matrices. Motivated by the functional and entrywise calculi, this leads to a framework in which convolution defines a matrix transform that preserves positivity. Within…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-01 Javad Mashreghi , Mostafa Nasri , Prateek Kumar Vishwakarma

Entrywise powers of symmetric matrices preserving positivity, monotonicity or convexity with respect to the Loewner ordering arise in various applications, and have received much attention recently in the literature. Following FitzGerald…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2015-02-19 Dominique Guillot , Apoorva Khare , Bala Rajaratnam

We classify all functions which, when applied term by term, leave invariant the sequences of moments of positive measures on the real line. Rather unexpectedly, these functions are built of absolutely monotonic components, or reflections of…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2022-05-17 Alexander Belton , Dominique Guillot , Apoorva Khare , Mihai Putinar

The main goal of this work is to determine which entire functions preserve nonnegativity of matrices of a fixed order $n$ -- i.e., to characterize entire functions $f$ with the property that $f(A)$ is entrywise nonnegative for every…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2008-02-07 Gautam Bharali , Olga Holtz

Base on some simple facts of Hadamard product, characterizations of positive definite preserving linear transformations on real symmetric matrix spaces with an additional assumption "$\ra T(E_{ii})=1, i=1,2,..., n$" or "$T(A)>0\to A> 0$",…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2010-08-10 Huynh Dinh Tuan , Tran Thi Nha Trang , Doan The Hieu

We study a nonlinear decomposition of a positive definite matrix into two components: the inverse of another positive definite matrix and a symmetric matrix constrained to lie in a prescribed linear subspace. Equivalently, the inverse…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Yan Dolinsky , Or Zuk
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