A generalization of the moment problem to a complex measurespace and an approximation technique using backward moments

Yong-Jung Kim

doi:10.3934/dcds.2011.30.187

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2011, Volume 30, Issue 1: 187-207. Doi: 10.3934/dcds.2011.30.187

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A generalization of the moment problem to a complex measure space and an approximation technique using backward moments

Yong-Jung Kim^1,

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Department of Mathematical Sciences, KAIST, 335 Gwahangno, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-701

Received: February 28, 2010

Revised: August 31, 2010

Published: December 2010

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One traditionally considers positive measures in the moment problem. However, this restriction makes its theory and application limited. The main purpose of this paper is to generalize it to deal with complex measures. More precisely, the theory of the truncated moment problem is extended to include complex measures. This extended theory provides considerable flexibility in its applications. In fact, we also develop an approximation technique based on control of moments. The key idea is to use the heat equation as a link that connects the generalized moment problem and this approximation technique. The backward moment of a measure is introduced as the moment of a solution to the heat equation at a backward time and then used to approximate the given measure. This approximation gives a geometric convergence order as the number of moments under control increases. Numerical examples are given that show the properties of approximation technique.

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Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35K05, 30E05; Secondary: 33F05.

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