Positive definite radial functions on a domain

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Lu, Tianshi
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2025-11-01
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Compact two-point homogeneous space , Positive definite radial function on balls
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Lu, T. (2025). Positive definite radial functions on a domain. Statistics & Probability Letters, 226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spl.2025.110520
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In this paper, we studied continuous radial functions that are positive definite on a domain D in the Euclidean space Rd or a compact two-point homogeneous space Md. We showed that for D?Rd that contains d-balls of arbitrary radius, a radial function that is PD on D is PD on Rd. On the other hand, for any closed proper subset D?Md, there exists a radial function that is PD on D but not PD on Md. We derived some sufficient conditions in terms of spectral coefficients for a continuous radial function that is PD on D to be PD on Md. As an example, we explicitly constructed radial functions that are PD on the unit ball embedded in the unit sphere Sd by a distance preserving map, but not PD on Sd.

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Elsevier
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Statistics & Probability Letters
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1677152
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