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Positive definite and definitizable functions

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Provides an introduction to the theory of positive definite and definitzable functions on groups. Chapters 1-4 deal with positive definite functions and their applications while chapters 5-6 are devoted to functions with a finite number of negative squares and to definitizable functions.

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Akademie Verlag, VCH
Language
English
Pages
206

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Positive definite and definitizable functions
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Table of Contents

1. Positive definite functions.
1.1. Notation and preliminaries.
1.2. Inner product spaces defined by complex-valued functions.
1.3. Construction of the Hilbert space H(f).
1.4. Some inequalities.
1.5. Convergence of positive definite functions.
1.6. Convolution and positive definite functions.
1.7. Integrally positive definite functions.
1.8. Extremal positive definite functions and irreducible representations.
1.9. Bochner's theorem.
1.10. Examples of positive definite functions --
2. Some applications of positive definite functions.
2.1. Duality of abelian groups.
2.2. Spectral decomposition of unitary representations of abelian groups.
2.3. Unitary representations of compact groups --
3. Decomposition of positive definite functions.
3.1. Decomposition of measurable positive definite functions.
3.2. Decomposition of arbitrary positive definite functions.
3.3. A finer decomposition.
3.4. Equivalence of local and global measurability --
4. Extension of positive definite functions.
4.1. Extension from symmetric sets.
4.2. The one dimensional case.
4.3. The multidimensional case.
4.4. Extension from subgroups --
5. Functions with a finite number of negative squares.
5.1. Definition and connection with unitary representations in Pontryagin spaces.
5.2. Characterization of bounded functions with [kappa] negative squares.
5.3. Measurable functions with [kappa] negative squares.
5.4. Functions of finite rank.
5.5. Definitizability of functions with [kappa] negative squares --
6. Definitizable functions.
6.1. Definition and some simple properties.
6.2. The singularities of definitizable functions.
6.3. Functions of finite order.
6.4. Integral representation of functions [actual symbol not reproducible].
6.5. Further results.
6.6. The singularities of a function with [kappa] negative squares --
App. A Pontryagin spaces --
App. B Invariant subspaces of unitary operators in Pontryagin spaces.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [190]-202) and index.

Published in
Berlin, New York
Series
Mathematical topics ;

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
515/.2433
Library of Congress
QA403 .S25 1994, QA403.S25 1994

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Pagination
206 p. ;
Number of pages
206

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL1433539M
ISBN 10
3055014464
LCCN
93045344
OCLC/WorldCat
29428081
Goodreads
3444940

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OL3956992W

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