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Introduction

To explain Mercer's theorem, we first consider an important special case; see below for a more general formulation. A kernel, in this context, is a symmetric continuous function that maps

$K:[a,b]\times [a,b]\to \mathbb{ℝ}$

where symmetric means that K(x, s) = K(s, x).

K is said to be non-negative definite (or positive semidefinite) if and only if

$\sum _{i=1}^n\sum _{j=1}^{n}K(x_i,x_j)c_i{c}_j\ge 0$

for all finite sequences of points x₁, ..., x_n of [a, b] and all choices of real numbers c₁, ..., c_n (cf. positive definite kernel).

Associated to K is a linear operator on functions defined by the integral

$[T_K\phi ](x)=\underset{a}{\overset{b}{\int }}K(x,s)\phi (s)ds.$

For technical considerations we assume φ can range through the space L²[a, b] (see Lp space) of square-integrable real-valued functions. Since T is a linear operator, we can talk about eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of T.

Theorem. Suppose K is a continuous symmetric non-negative definite kernel. Then there is an orthonormal basis {e_i}_i of L²[a, b] consisting of eigenfunctions of T_K such that the corresponding sequence of eigenvalues {λ_i}_i is nonnegative. The eigenfunctions corresponding to non-zero eigenvalues are continuous on [a, b] and K has the representation

$K(s,t)=\sum _{j=1}^{\mathrm{\infty }}{\lambda }_j{e}_j(s)e_j(t)$

where the convergence is absolute and uniform.

Details

We now explain in greater detail the structure of the proof of Mercer's theorem, particularly how it relates to spectral theory of compact operators.

• The map K → T_K is injective.

• T_K is a non-negative symmetric compact operator on L²[a,b]; moreover K(x, x) ≥ 0.

To show compactness, show that the image of the unit ball of L²[a,b] under T_K equicontinuous and apply Ascoli's theorem, to show that the image of the unit ball is relatively compact in C([a,b]) with the uniform norm and a fortiori in L²[a,b].

Now apply the spectral theorem for compact operators on Hilbert spaces to T_K to show the existence of the orthonormal basis {e_i}_i of L²[a,b]

${\lambda }_i{e}_i(t)=[T_K{e}_i](t)=\underset{a}{\overset{b}{\int }}K(t,s)e_i(s)ds.$

If λ_i ≠ 0, the eigenvector e_i is seen to be continuous on [a,b]. Now

$\sum _{i=1}^{\mathrm{\infty }}{\lambda }_i|e_i(t)e_i(s)|\le {\sup }_{x\in [a,b]}|K(x,x){|}^2,$

which shows that the sequence

$\sum _{i=1}^{\mathrm{\infty }}{\lambda }_i{e}_i(t)e_i(s)$

converges absolutely and uniformly to a kernel K₀ which is easily seen to define the same operator as the kernel K. Hence K=K₀ from which Mercer's theorem follows.

Trace

The following is immediate:

Theorem. Suppose K is a continuous symmetric non-negative definite kernel; T_K has a sequence of nonnegative eigenvalues {λ_i}_i. Then

$\underset{a}{\overset{b}{\int }}K(t,t)dt=\sum _i{\lambda }_i.$

This shows that the operator T_K is a trace class operator and

$\mathrm{trace}(T_K)=\underset{a}{\overset{b}{\int }}K(t,t)dt.$

Generalizations

Mercer's theorem itself is a generalization of the result that any positive semidefinite matrix is the Gramian matrix of a set of vectors.

The first generalization replaces the interval [a, b] with any compact Hausdorff space and Lebesgue measure on [a, b] is replaced by a finite countably additive measure μ on the Borel algebra of X whose support is X. This means that μ(U) > 0 for any nonempty open subset U of X.

A recent generalization replaces this conditions by that follows: the set X is a first-countable topological space endowed with a Borel (complete) measure μ. X is the support of μ and, for all x in X, there is an open set U containing x and having finite measure. Then essentially the same result holds:

Theorem. Suppose K is a continuous symmetric non-negative definite kernel on X. If the function κ is L¹_μ(X), where κ(x)=K(x,x), for all x in X, then there is an orthonormal set {e_i}_i of L²_μ(X) consisting of eigenfunctions of T_K such that corresponding sequence of eigenvalues {λ_i}_i is nonnegative. The eigenfunctions corresponding to non-zero eigenvalues are continuous on X and K has the representation

$K(s,t)=\sum _{j=1}^{\mathrm{\infty }}{\lambda }_j{e}_j(s)e_j(t)$

where the convergence is absolute and uniform on compact subsets of X.

The next generalization deals with representations of measurable kernels.

Let (X, M, μ) be a σ-finite measure space. An L² (or square integrable) kernel on X is a function

$K\in L_{\mu \otimes \mu }^2(X\times X).$

L² kernels define a bounded operator T_K by the formula

$⟨T_K\phi ,\psi ⟩=\underset{X\times X}{\int }K(y,x)\phi (y)\psi (x)d[\mu \otimes \mu ](y,x).$

T_K is a compact operator (actually it is even a Hilbert-Schmidt operator). If the kernel K is symmetric, by the spectral theorem, T_K has an orthonormal basis of eigenvectors. Those eigenvectors that correspond to non-zero eigenvalues can be arranged in a sequence {e_i}_i (regardless of separability).

Theorem. If K is a symmetric non-negative definite kernel on(X, M, μ), then

$K(y,x)=\sum _{i\in \mathbb{\mathbb{N}}}{\lambda }_i{e}_i(y)e_i(x)$

where the convergence in the L² norm. Note that when continuity of the kernel is not assumed, the expansion no longer converges uniformly.

References

• Adriaan Zaanen, Linear Analysis, North Holland Publishing Co., 1960,
• Ferreira, J. C., Menegatto, V. A., Eigenvalues of integral operators defined by smooth positive definite kernels, Integral equation and Operator Theory, 64 (2009), no. 1, 61--81. (Gives the generalization of Mercer's theorem for metric spaces. The result is easily adapted to first countable topological spaces)
• Konrad Jörgens, Linear integral operators, Pitman, Boston, 1982,
• Richard Courant and David Hilbert, Methods of Mathematical Physics, vol 1, Interscience 1953,
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• H. König, Eigenvalue distribution of compact operators, Birkhäuser Verlag, 1986. (Gives the generalization of Mercer's theorem for finite measures μ.)

See also

• Kernel trick
• Representer theorem
• Spectral theory
• Mercer's condition

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