Hausdorff moment sequences and hypergeometric functions

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Main Authors: Sugawa, Toshiyuki, Wang, Li-Mei
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author Sugawa, Toshiyuki
Wang, Li-Mei
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Wang, Li-Mei
contents Pólya in 1926 showed that the hypergeometric function $F(z)=\null_2F_1(a,b;c;z)$ has a totally monotone sequence as its coefficients; that is, $F$ is the generating function of a Hausdorff moment sequence, when $0\le a\le 1$ and $0\le b\le c.$ In this paper, we give a complete characterization of such hypergeometric functions $F$ in terms of complex parameters $a,b,c.$ To this end, we study the class of general properties of generating functions of Hausdorff moment sequences and, in particular, we provide a sufficient condition for the class by making use of a Phragmèn-Lindelöf type theorem. As an application, we give also a necessary and sufficient condition for a shifted hypergeometric function to be universally starlike.
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spellingShingle Hausdorff moment sequences and hypergeometric functions
Sugawa, Toshiyuki
Wang, Li-Mei
Complex Variables
Primary 33C05, Secondary 30E05
Pólya in 1926 showed that the hypergeometric function $F(z)=\null_2F_1(a,b;c;z)$ has a totally monotone sequence as its coefficients; that is, $F$ is the generating function of a Hausdorff moment sequence, when $0\le a\le 1$ and $0\le b\le c.$ In this paper, we give a complete characterization of such hypergeometric functions $F$ in terms of complex parameters $a,b,c.$ To this end, we study the class of general properties of generating functions of Hausdorff moment sequences and, in particular, we provide a sufficient condition for the class by making use of a Phragmèn-Lindelöf type theorem. As an application, we give also a necessary and sufficient condition for a shifted hypergeometric function to be universally starlike.
title Hausdorff moment sequences and hypergeometric functions
topic Complex Variables
Primary 33C05, Secondary 30E05
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.04345