One-step recurrences for stationary random fields on the sphere

DOI10.3842/SIGMA.2016.043zbMATH Open1347.42009arXiv1601.07743MaRDI QIDQ288688FDOQ288688

Authors: R. K. Beatson, Wolfgang zu Castell 

Publication date: 27 May 2016

Published in: SIGMA. Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Recurrences for positive definite functions in terms of the space dimension have been used in several fields of applications. Such recurrences typically relate to properties of the system of special functions characterizing the geometry of the underlying space. In the case of the sphere ${mathbbS}^{d-1}subset{mathbbR}^d$ the (strict) positive definiteness of the zonal function $f(cosheta)$ is determined by the signs of the coefficients in the expansion of $f$ in terms of the Gegenbauer polynomials $C^{l}ambd{a}_n$, with $lambda=(d-2)/2$. Recent results show that classical differentiation and integration applied to $f$ have positive definiteness preserving properties in this context. However, in these results the space dimension changes in steps of two. This paper develops operators for zonal functions on the sphere which preserve (strict) positive definiteness while moving up and down in the ladder of dimensions by steps of one. These fractional operators are constructed to act appropriately on the Gegenbauer polynomials $C^{l}ambd{a}_n$.

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zbMATH Keywords

fractional integrationGegenbauer polynomialspositive definite zonal functionsstationary random fieldsultraspherical expansions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inference from spatial processes (62M30) Random fields (60G60) Stationary stochastic processes (60G10) Orthogonal polynomials and functions of hypergeometric type (Jacobi, Laguerre, Hermite, Askey scheme, etc.) (33C45) Fourier series in special orthogonal functions (Legendre polynomials, Walsh functions, etc.) (42C10) Positive definite functions in one variable harmonic analysis (42A82)

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