Infinite and finite dimensional Hilbert tensors (Q2451199)

An \(m\)-order \(n\)-dimensional Hilbert tensor (hypermatrix) \(\mathcal{H}_n =(\mathcal{H}_{i_1 i_2\dots i_m})\) is a natural extension of a Hilbert matrix, where \[ \mathcal{H}_{i_1i_2\dots i_m}=\frac{1}{i_1+i_2+\dots+i_m-m+1}\,\, (i_1, i_2, \dots, i_m=1, 2, \dots, n). \] The entries of an \(m\)-order infinite-dimensional Hilbert tensor (hypermatrix) \(\mathcal{H}_\infty\) are defined similarly but by allowing \(i_1, i_2, \dots, i_m=1, 2, \dots\). The authors prove that the \(m\)-order infinite-dimensional Hilbert tensor \(\mathcal{H}_\infty\) defines a bounded and positively \((m-1)\)-homogeneous operator from the sequence space \(l^1\) into \(l^p\,\,(1<p<\infty)\). They prove that whenever the order \(m\) is even, both infinite- and finite-dimensional Hilbert tensors are positive definite in the sense of \textit{L. Qi} [J. Symb. Comput. 40, No. 6, 1302--1324 (2005; Zbl 1125.15014)]. They also study spectral properties of the \(m\)-order \(n\)-dimensional Hilbert tensor \(\mathcal{H}_n\). Utilizing the infinite-dimensional Hilbert inequality, they prove that the largest \(H\)-eigenvalue (spectral radius) of Hilbert tensor \(\mathcal{H}_n\) is at most \(n^{m-1}\sin(\pi/n)\) , and the largest \(Z\)-eigenvalue (\(E\)-spectral radius) of \(\mathcal{H}_n\) is at most \(n^{m/2}\sin(\pi/n)\). Further, they show that the spectral radius of Hilbert tensor \(\mathcal{H}_n\) is strictly increasing with respect to the dimensionality \(n\), and its \(E\)-spectral radius is nondecreasing with respect to the dimensionality \(n\).