IntroductionUnder certain assumptions that we will specify further, it is possible to obtain the existence of a secondary measure and even to express it. For example if one works in the Hilbert space with in the general case, or: when ρ satisfy a Lipschitz condition. This application More generally, μ et ρ are linked by their Stieltjes transformation with the following formula: in which c1 is the moment of order 1 of the measure ρ. These secondary measures, and the theory around them, lead to some surprising results, and make it possible to find in an elegant way quite a few traditional formulas of analysis, mainly around the Euler Gamma function, Riemann Zeta function, and Euler's constant. They also allowed the clarification of integrals and series with a tremendous effectiveness, though it is a priori difficult. Finally they make it possible to solve integral equations of the form where g is the unknown function, and lead to theorems of convergence towards the Chebyshev and Dirac measures. The broad outlines of the theoryLet ρ be a measure of positive density on an interval I and admitting moments of any order. We can build a family When ρ is a probability density function, a sufficient condition so that μ , while admitting moments of any order can be a secondary measure associated with ρ is that its Stieltjes Transformation is given by an equality of the type: a is an arbitrary constant and For a = 1 we obtain the measure know as secondary, remarkable since for In this paramount case, and if the space generated by the orthogonal polynomials is dense in For unspecified functions square integrable for ρ we obtain the more general formula of covariance: The theory continues by introducing the concept of reducible measure, meaning that the quotient The reducer For any function square integrable for ρ, there is an equality known as the reducing formula: The operator Under certain restrictive conditions the operator Sρ acts like the adjoint of Tρ for the inner product induced by ρ. Finally the two operators are also connected, provided the images in question are defined, by the fundamental formula of composition: Case of the Lebesgue measure and some other examplesThe Lebesgue measure on the standard interval The associated orthogonal polynomials are called Legendre polynomials and can be clarified by
The reducer of this measure of Lebesgue is given by If we normalize the polynomials of Legendre, the coefficients of Fourier of the reducer The Laguerre polynomials are linked to the density ρ(x) = e − x on the interval They are clarified by and are normalized. The reducer associated is defined by The coefficients of Fourier of the reducer This coefficient The Hermite polynoms are linked to the Gaussian density
They are clarified by and are normalized. The reducer associated is defined by The coefficients of Fourier of the reducer for an odd index n. The Chebyshev measure of the second form. This is defined by the density It is the only one which coincides with its secondary measure normalised on this standard interval. Under certain conditions it occurs as the limit of the sequence of normalized secondary measures of a given density. Examples of non reducible measures. Jacobi measure of density Chebyshev measure of the first form of density Sequence of secondary measuresThe secondary measure μ associated with a probability density function ρ has its moment of order 0 given by the formula d0 = c2 − (c1)2 , (c1 and c2 indicating the respective moments of order 1 and 2 of ρ). To be able to iterate the process then, one 'normalizes' μ while defining We can then create from ρ1 a secondary normalised measure ρ2, then defining ρ3 from ρ2 and so on. We can therefore see a sequence of successive secondary measures, created from ρ0 = ρ, is such that ρn + 1 that is the secondary normalised measure deduced from ρn It is possible to clarify the density ρn by using the orthogonal polynomials Pn for ρ, the secondary polynoms Qn and the reducer associated The coefficient A very beautiful result relates the evolution of these densities when the index tends towards the infinite and the support of the measure is the standard interval Let xPn(x) = tnPn + 1(x) + snPn(x) + tn − 1Pn − 1(x) be the classic reoccurrence relation in three terms. If These conditions about limits are checked by a very broad class of traditional densities. Equinormal measures One calls two measures thus leading to the same normalised secondary density. It is remarkable that the elements of a given class and having the same moment of order 1 are connected by a homotopy. More precisely, if the density function ρ has its moment of order 1 equal to c1, then these densities equinormal with ρ are given by a formula of the type: If μ is the secondary measure of ρ,that of ρt will be tμ. The reducer of ρt is : Orthogonal polynoms for the measure ρt are clarified from n = 1 by the formula
It is remarkable also that, within the meaning of distributions, the limit when t tends towards 0 per higher value of ρt is the Dirac measure concentrated at c1. For example, the equinormal densities with the Chebyshev measure of the second form are defined by: A few beautiful applications
(the notation (with E is the floor function and β2n the Bernoulli number of order 2n). (for any real α) (Ei indicate the integral exponentiel function here). (The Catalan's constant is defined as If the measure ρ is reducible and let If the measure ρ is reducible with μ the associated reducer, then if f is square integrable for μ, and if g is sqare integrable for ρ and is orthogonal with P0 = 1 one has equivalence: (c1 indicates the moment of order 1 of ρ and Tρ the operator See alsoExternal links
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