Matrix Stahl–Totik regularity conjecture for matrix-valued measures

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Let EE be a finite union of disjoint closed intervals in R{\mathbb{R}}. Suppose μ\mu is an l×ll\times l matrix-valued measure on R{\mathbb{R}} with

σess(dμ)=E.\sigma_{\mathrm{ess}}(d\mu)=E.

For each η>0\eta>0 and m=1,2,…m=1,2,\dots, define

Sm,η={x ⁣:μ([x−1m,x+1m])≥e−ηm1}.S_{m,\eta}=\left\{x\colon \mu\left([x-\tfrac{1}{m},x+\tfrac{1}{m}]\right)\geq e^{-\eta m}{\boldsymbol{1}}\right\}.

Suppose that for each η\eta, with ∣⋅∣|\cdot| denoting Lebesgue measure,

lim⁡m→∞∣E∖Sm,η∣=0.\lim_{m\to\infty}|E\setminus S_{m,\eta}|=0.

Matrix Stahl–Totik conjecture. Then μ\mu is regular.

This conjecture is the matrix-valued analogue of a theorem of Stahl and Totik. It is known for direct sums by the cited scalar result, while the general matrix case is expected to require a matrix Remez inequality.

References

Primary source

David Damanik, Alexander Pushnitski and Barry Simon, “The Analytic Theory of Matrix Orthogonal Polynomials”, arXiv:0711.2703 (2008).

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