Non-negative forms, volumes of sublevel sets, complete monotonicity and moment matrices

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Authors Khazhgali Kozhasov, Jean B. Lasserre

Publication date 10 June 2022

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Laplace transform (44A10) Semialgebraic sets and related spaces (14P10) Real polynomials: analytic properties, etc. (26C05) Real polynomials: location of zeros (26C10) Length, area and volume in real or complex geometry (51M25) Integration of real functions of several variables: length, area, volume (26B15) Polynomial optimization (90C23)

Abstract: Let $mathcal{C}_{d,n}$ be the convex cone consisting of real $n$-variate degree $d$ forms that are strictly positive on $mathbb{R}^{n}setminusmathbf0$. We prove that the Lebesgue volume of the sublevel set $gleq1$ of $ginmathcal{C}_{d,n}$ is a completely monotone function on $mathcal{C}_{d,n}$ and investigate the related properties. Furthermore, we provide (partial) characterization of forms, whose sublevel sets have finite Lebesgue volume. Finally, we discover an interesting property of a centered Gaussian distribution, establishing a connection between the matrix of its degree $d$ moments and the quadratic form given by the inverse of its covariance matrix.

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