Natural solutions of rational Stieltjes moment problems (Q629212)

The strong or two-point Stieltjes moment problem for a sequence \(\{c_n\}_{n=-\infty}^{\infty}\) of real numbers consists in finding positive measures \(\mu\) supported in \([0,\infty[\) such that \[ \int_ 0^{\infty}t^nd\mu(t)=c_n\quad (n=0, \pm 1, \pm 2,\dots). \] Instead of prescribing infinitely many moments just at the origin and at infinity, the authors consider a multipoint version of this problem in which the origin and the point at infinity are replaced by sequences of points that need not coincide. In the indeterminate case, two natural solutions \(\mu_0\) and \(\mu_{\infty}\) exist that can be constructed by a limiting process of approximating quadrature formulas. The support points of these natural solutions are accumulation points of sequences of zeros of even and odd indexed orthogonal rational functions, which replace the orthogonal Laurent polynomials arising in the two-point case. In this paper, the properties of such natural solutions are investigated. The precise behavior of which zero sequences converge to which support points is analyzed.