The Schur-Horn theorem for operators and frames with prescribed norms and frame operator

Let $\mathcal H$ be a Hilbert space. Given a bounded positive definite operator $S$ on $\mathcal H$, and a bounded sequence $\mathbf{c} = \{c_k \}_{k \in \mathbb N}$ of non negative real numbers, the pair $(S, \mathbf{c})$ is frame admissible, if there exists a frame $\{f_k \}_{k \in \mathbb{N}}$ on $\mathcal H$ with frame operator $S$, such that $\|f_k \|^2 = c_k$, $k \in \mathbb {N}$. We relate the existence of such frames with the Schur-Horn theorem of majorization, and give a reformulation of the extended version of Schur-Horn theorem, due to A. Neumann. We use it to get necessary conditions (and to generalize known sufficient conditions) for a pair $(S, \mathbf{c})$, to be frame admissible.Comment: To appear in Illinois Journal of Mat

On free energies of the Ising model on the Cayley tree

We present, for the Ising model on the Cayley tree, some explicit formulae of the free energies (and entropies) according to boundary conditions (b.c.). They include translation-invariant, periodic, Dobrushin-like b.c., as well as those corresponding to (recently discovered) weakly periodic Gibbs states. The later are defined through a partition of the tree that induces a 4-edge-coloring. We compute the density of each color.Comment: 18 pages, 4 figure

Rosenblatt distribution subordinated to gaussian random fields with long-range dependence

The Karhunen-Lo\`eve expansion and the Fredholm determinant formula are used to derive an asymptotic Rosenblatt-type distribution of a sequence of integrals of quadratic functions of Gaussian stationary random fields on R^d displaying long-range dependence. This distribution reduces to the usual Rosenblatt distribution when d=1. Several properties of this new distribution are obtained. Specifically, its series representation in terms of independent chi-squared random variables is given, the asymptotic behavior of the eigenvalues, its L\`evy-Khintchine representation, as well as its membership to the Thorin subclass of self-decomposable distributions. The existence and boundedness of its probability density is then a direct consequence.Comment: This paper has 40 pages and it has already been submitte