Borel measures with a density on a compact semi-algebraic set
Optimization and Control
2013-07-30 v2
Abstract
Let be a compact basic semi-algebraic set. We provide a necessary and sufficient condition (with no a priori bounding parameter) for a real sequence , , to have a finite representing Borel measure absolutely continuous w.r.t. the Lebesgue measure on , and with a density in . With an additional condition involving a bounding parameter, the condition is necessary and sufficient for existence of a density in . Moreover, nonexistence of such a density can be detected by solving finitely many of a hierarchy of semidefinite programs. In particular, if the semidefinite program at step of the hierarchy has no solution then the sequence cannot have a representing measure on with a density in for any .
Cite
@article{arxiv.1304.1716,
title = {Borel measures with a density on a compact semi-algebraic set},
author = {Jean-Bernard Lasserre},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.1716},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
To appear in Archiv der Mathematik