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Proof of a Conjecture of Schoenberg on the Generating Function of a Totally Positive Sequence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Albert Edrei
Albert Edrei*
Affiliation:
Syracuse University
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Let

be a sequence of real terms with which we associate the generating power series

We consider the following definition due to Schoenberg [7, p. 362]:

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Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 5 , 1953 , pp. 86 - 94
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1953

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