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The Hausdorff Moment Problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

David Borwein*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B9
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Suppose throughout that

and that {μn}(n≥ 0) is a sequence of real numbers. The (generalized) Hausdorff moment problem is to determine necessary and sufficient conditions for there to be a function x in some specified class satisfying

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Research Article
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1978

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