On hermitian block Hankel matrices, matrix polynomials, the Hamburger moment problem, interpolation and maximum entropy (Q916985)

Using reproducing kernel space methods the author studies the truncated matrix Hamburger moment problem, an associated interpolation problem and the maximum entropy solutions (this latter is partially motivated by a question of H. Landau). Some formulas are presented for orthogonal matrix polynomials associated with a block Hankel matrix. An analogue of a recent formula of Alpay-Gohberg and Gohberg-Lerer for the number of roots of certain matrix polynomials is obtained. De Branges spaces (and de Branges paires) associated with a positive defined block Hankel matrix are investigated too.