Representation and Approximation of Positivity Preservers

dc.creatorNetzer, Tim
dc.date2009-02-02
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:36:59Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:36:59Z
dc.descriptionWe consider a closed set S in R^n and a linear operator Φon the polynomial algebra R[X_1,...,X_n] that preserves nonnegative polynomials, in the following sense: if f\geq 0 on S, then Φ(f)\geq 0 on S as well. We show that each such operator is given by integration with respect to a measure taking nonnegative functions as its values. This can be seen as a generalization of Haviland's Theorem, which concerns linear functionals on polynomial algebras. For compact sets S we use the result to show that any nonnegativity preserving operator is a pointwise limit of very simple nonnegativity preservers with finite dimensional range.
dc.description17 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0902.0279
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0902.0279
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/218284
dc.subjectFunctional Analysis
dc.subjectRings and Algebras
dc.subject12E05; 15A04; 47B38; 44A60; 31B10; 41A36
dc.titleRepresentation and Approximation of Positivity Preservers
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