Tensor algebras and displacement structure. IV. Invariant kernels (Q2484231)

[For part III, see \textit{M. Barahat} and \textit{T. Constantinescu}, Z. Anal. Anwend. 23, No.~2, 253--274 (2004; Zbl 1061.15025).] The authors consider a general class of positive definite kernels, which are invariant under the action of a free semigroup on itself by concatenation, and their main goal is to find combinatorial descriptions of the positive definiteness and of the invariance property. In Section 2 they review some material on orthogonal polynomials and introduce the moment kernel of a q-positive functional on the algebra of polynomials in several noncommuting variables. Then they describe the main result about positive definite kernels and Dyck paths. They discuss the connection between orthogonal polynomials and displacement equations in their setting. In Section 3 they deal with a kernel involved in the dilation theory for arbitrary families of contraction and calculate the orthogonal polynomials associated with this kernel. In Section 4 they prove the main result about the displacement equation satisfied by an invariant kernel.