An analog of multiplier sequences for the set of totally positive sequences

Abstract

A real sequence $(b_k)_{k=0}^\infty$ is called totally positive if all minors of the infinite matrix $ \left\| b_{j-i} \right\|_{i, j =0}^\infty$ are nonnegative (here $b_k=0$ for $k<0$). In this paper, we investigate the problem of description of the set of sequences $(a_k)_{k=0}^\infty$ such that for every totally positive sequence $(b_k)_{k=0}^\infty$ the sequence $(a_k b_k)_{k=0}^\infty$ is also totally positive. We obtain the description of such sequences $(a_k)_{k=0}^\infty$ in two cases: when the generating function of the sequence $\sum_{k=0}^\infty a_k z^k$ has at least one pole, and when the sequence $(a_k)_{k=0}^\infty$ has not more than $4$ nonzero terms.