A rational moment problem on the unit circle (Q1383108): Difference between revisions

Let \(\{ \alpha_k\}\) be a sequence of complex numbers such that, for each \(k\) \(| \alpha_k| =1\) and define \(\omega_n(z):=(z-\alpha_1)\cdots (z-\alpha_n)\). The authors consider the following moment problem: find a unitary positive measure \(\mu\) on \([-\pi ,\pi ]\), with a sequence of moments \(\{\mu_n\}\), such that \[ \int\limits_{-\pi}^{\pi}\frac{d\mu(\theta)}{\omega_n(e^{i\theta})} =\mu_n, \quad n=1,2,\dots\;. \] As in the classical theory of orthogonal polynomials, they study orthogonal rational functions, recurrence relations, functions of the second kind, Green's formula, Christoffel-Darboux relations and so on. They give conditions assuring that the moment problem has at least one solution. In some cases, as they show, there may be a unique solution.