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Positive Bidiagonal Factorizations and Mixed-Type Chebyshev Multiple Orthogonal Polynomials

Manuel Mañas
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We characterize when a banded totally positive matrix admits a positive bidiagonal factorization. In finite dimension such a factorization always exists. For semi-infinite matrices of arbitrary finite bandwidth, existence is equivalent to convergence of a finite family of positive series determined by the Metelmann factors. Their reciprocals are the limiting values of scalar Jacobi continued fractions. We also prove that every bounded banded totally positive matrix can be approximated in operator norm by matrices admitting positive bidiagonal factorizations, through perturbations confined to a fixed initial block. For banded Toeplitz matrices, the negative roots of the polynomial symbol give a global factorization with bounded factors. Ordered partitions of these roots determine explicit mixed-type multiple orthogonal polynomials. Applying the existing spectral Favard theorem, we compute their matrix of positive measures: its support is one interval, and the measure is purely absolutely continuous with an algebraic density of rank one. These formulas also give transition and first-return laws for the associated killed random walks.

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Manuel Mañas. 2026-10-06. Positive Bidiagonal Factorizations and Mixed-Type Chebyshev Multiple Orthogonal Polynomials. https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.08568

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