The multiplicative Hilbert matrix

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Abstract: It is observed that the infinite matrix with entries (sqrtmnlog(mn))1 for m,nge2 appears as the matrix of the integral operator mathbfHf(s):=int1/2+inftyf(w)(zeta(w+s)1)dw with respect to the basis (ns)nge2; here zeta(s) is the Riemann zeta function and H is defined on the Hilbert space mathcalH02 of Dirichlet series vanishing at +infty and with square-summable coefficients. This infinite matrix defines a multiplicative Hankel operator according to Helson's terminology or, alternatively, it can be viewed as a bona fide (small) Hankel operator on the infinite-dimensional torus BbbTinfty. By analogy with the standard integral representation of the classical Hilbert matrix, this matrix is referred to as the multiplicative Hilbert matrix. It is shown that its norm equals pi and that it has a purely continuous spectrum which is the interval [0,pi]; these results are in agreement with known facts about the classical Hilbert matrix. It is shown that the matrix (m1/pn(p1)/plog(mn))1 has norm pi/sin(pi/p) when acting on ellp for 1<p<infty. However, the multiplicative Hilbert matrix fails to define a bounded operator on mathcalH0p for peq2, where mathcalH0p are Hp spaces of Dirichlet series. It remains an interesting problem to decide whether the analytic symbol sumnge2(logn)1ns1/2 of the multiplicative Hilbert matrix arises as the Riesz projection of a bounded function on the infinite-dimensional torus BbbTinfty.









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