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Unbounded Hankel operators and moment problems

Functional Analysis 2019-05-16 v3 Classical Analysis and ODEs Spectral Theory

Abstract

We find simple conditions for a non-negative Hankel quadratic form to be closable. Under some mild a priori assumption on the associated moments these sufficient conditions turn out to be also necessary. We also describe the domain of the corresponding closed form. This allows us to define unbounded non-negative Hankel operators under minimal assumptions on their matrix elements. The results obtained supplement the classical Widom condition for a Hankel operator to be bounded..

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@article{arxiv.1601.08042,
  title  = {Unbounded Hankel operators and moment problems},
  author = {D. R. Yafaev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.08042},
  year   = {2019}
}

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An a priori condition on moments has been omitted in the previous version

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