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A short CV

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Since 1.9.2014 I am Professor emeritus

Retirement lecture September 26, 2014 (In Danish)

Teaching in the academic year 2013-2014


Teaching in the academic year 2012-2013


Teaching in the academic year 2011-2012



Teaching in previous years can be found at the bottom of the page.

Research activities

My research is supported by a Grant from FNU (The Danish Council for Independent Research | Natural Sciences) "Complex Methods in Dynamical Systems and Special Functions" for the years 2011-2013 (continuing a 2008-2010 grant). It is shared with Professor Henrik Laurberg Pedersen (KU-LIFE), Associate Professor Carsten Lunde Petersen (RUC) and Associate Professor Christian Henriksen (DTU). I am member of the steering committee for a NordForsk Grant for the years 2009-2011 headed by Irina Markina, University of Bergen.

Conferences organized

  • "Workshop on Orthogonal Polynomials,Hankel and Jacobi matrices", August 26-28, 2009, Copenhagen.
  • "Workshop on Integral Transforms Positivity and Applications" , September 1-3, 2010, Copenhagen.
  • "International Symposium on Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions - a Complex Analytic Perspective", Copenhagen, June 11-June 15, 2012.
  • "Workshop on Special Functions and their Applictions", Copenhagen, August 28-30, 2013.

    Recent publications and manuscripts

  • 132: With R. Szwarc, Indeterminate Jacobi operators. Journal of Operator Theory (to appear) pdf-version from ArXiv .
  • 131: With R. Szwarc, Self-adjoint operators associated with Hankel moment matrices. Journal of Functional Analysis 283 (2022) 109674 access via DOI pdf-version from ArXiv .
  • 130: With Jacob S. Christiansen, The Moment Problem, pages 269-306 In: Encyclopedia of Special Functions. The Askey-Bateman Project Volume I. Univariate Orthogonal Polynomials. Editor Mourad E. H. Ismail. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK 2020.
  • 129: With Henrik L. Pedersen, A family of Horn-Bernstein functions. Experimental Mathematics access via DOI pdf-version from ArXiv.
  • 128: With A. Cetinkaya and D. Karp, Completely monotonic ratios of basic and ordinary gamma functions. Aequationes Mathematicae 95 (2021), 569-588 access via DOI , pdf-version from ArXiv
  • 127: A unified view of space-time covariance functions through Gelfand pairs. J. Fourier Anal. Appl. 26 (2020), pdf-version from ArXiv, access via DOI ,
  • 126: With R. Szwarc, Closable Hankel operators and moment problems. Integr. Equ. Oper. Theory 92, issue 1 (2020), access via DOI , pdf-version from ArXiv.
  • 125: With S. Koumandos and Henrik L. Pedersen, Nielsen's beta function and some infinitely divisible distributions. Math. Nachrichten 294 (2021) pdf-version from ArXiv, access via DOI
  • 124: With Ana P. Peron and Eugenio Massa, A family of entire functions connecting the Bessel function J_1 and the Lambert W function. Constructive Approximation 53 (2021), 121-154 access via DOI , pdf-version from ArXiv,
  • 123: A two parameter extension of Urbanik's product convolution semigroup. Probability and Mathematical Statistics 39(2) (2019), 441-458 access via DOI
  • 122: With R. Szwarc, Inverse of infinite Hankel moment matrices. SIGMA 14 no 109 (2018), 48 pages access via DOI
  • 121: With Ana P. Peron and E. Porcu, Schoenberg's theorem for real and complex Hilbert spheres revisited. J. Approx. Theory 228 (2018), 58-78 access via DOI
  • 120: With Ana P. Peron and E. Porcu, Orthogonal expansions related to compact Gelfand pairs. Expo. Math. 36 (2018), 259-277 access via DOI
  • 119: With A. Bakan, Solvability of the Hankel determinant problem for real sequences. Chapter 5 in Frontiers in Orthogonal Polynomials and q-Series. Edited by M. Zuhair Nashed and Xin Li (University of Central Florida, USA) World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. Singapore 2018
  • 118: On a family of functions studied by Bhatia and Jain. Experimental Mathematics 26(2) (2017), 241-246 access via DOI
  • 117: With R. Szwarc, Symmetric moment problems and a conjecture of Valent. Sbornik: Mathematics 208:3 (2017), 335-359 DOI:10.1070/SM8732. Russian version: Mat. Sbornik 208:3 (2017), 28-53, DOI:10.4213/sm8732
  • 116: With E. Porcu, From Schoenberg coefficients to Schoenberg functions. Constr. Approx. 45(2) (2017), 217-241 pdf-version from ArXiv, access via DOI
  • 115: With Ryszard Szwarc, A determinant characterization of moment sequences with finitely many mass points. preprint-version Linear and Multilinear Algebra 63 (8) (2015), 1568-1576. access via DOI
  • 114: Asymptotic behaviour of the Urbanik semigroup. preprint-version J. Approx. Theory 195 (2015), 109-121 access via DOI
  • 113: With Ryszard Szwarc, On the order of indeterminate moment problems Adv. Math. 250 (2014), 105-143. final pdf-version access via DOI
  • 112: With Feng Qi, Complete monotonicity of a difference between the exponential function and trigamma functions and properties related to a modified Bessel function Mediterr. j. Math. 10 (2013) no. 4, 1685-1696. final pdf-version access vis DOI
  • 111: With Helle Bjerg Petersen, On an iteration leading to a q-analogue of the Digamma function J. Fourier Anal. Appl. 19,4 (2013), 762-776. access via DOI. final preprint pdf-version
  • 110: With Henrik L. Pedersen, A completely monotonic function used in an inequality of Alzer Computational Methods and Function Theory vol. 12 (2012), 329-341.
  • 109: With Jacob Stordal Christiansen, A question by Chihara about shell polynomials and indeterminate moment problems J. Approx. Theory 163 (2011), 1449-1464 pdf-version from ArXiv access vis DOI
  • 108: With Christophe Vignat, Derivation of an integral of Boros and Moll via convolution of Student t-densities Ramanujan Journal 27 (2012), 147-150 pdf-version from ArXiv access via DOI
  • 107: With Henrik L. Pedersen, A one-parameter family of Pick functions defined by the Gamma function and related to the volume of the unit ball in n-space pdf-version from ArXiv Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 139 (2011), 2121-2132. access via DOI
  • 106: With Maryam Beygmohammadi, On a fixed point in the metric space of normalized Hausdorff moment sequences Rend. Circ. Mat. Palermo, Serie II, Suppl. 82 (2010), 251-257. preprint version
  • 105: With Ryszard Szwarc, The smallest eigenvalue of Hankel matrices pdf-version from ArXiv Constr. Approx. 34 (2011), 107-133. access via DOI
  • 104: With Christophe Vignat, On the density of the sum of two independent Student t-random vectors pdf-version from ArXiv Statistics and Probability Letters 80 (2010), 1043-1055. access via DOI
  • Biographical Note B{\o}rge Jessen, 19.6.1907--20.3.1993 Electronic journal for History of Probability and Statistics, Vol 5, no. 1 (2009) Access
  • 103: With Antonio J. Dur{\'a}n, Fibonacci numbers, Euler's 2-periodic continued fractions and moment sequences The Fibonacci Quarterly 49 (2011), 66-75. pdf-version from ArXiv
  • 102: With Christophe Vignat, On some results of Cufaro Petroni about Student t-processes J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 41(2008) 265004 (10 PP) pdf-version from ArXiv access via DOI
  • 101: With Antonio J. Dur{\'a}n, Iteration of the rational function z-1/z and a Hausdorff moment sequence Expo. Math. 26 (2008), 375-385. final pdf-version access via DOI
  • 100: With Ryszard Szwarc, Bounds on Tur{\'a}n determinants J. Approx. Theory 161 (2009), 127-141. pdf-file of preprint version. access via DOI
  • 99: With Jorge Mateu and Emilio Porcu, The Dagum family of isotropic correlation functions Preprint submitted to ArXiv. Bernoulli Journal 14 no. 4 (2008), 1134-1149. access via DOI
  • 98: With J{\o}rgen Ellegaard Andersen, Quantum Hilbert matrices and orthogonal polynomials J. Comput. Appl. Math. 233 (2009), 723-729. Updated preprint version pdf.file. access via DOI
  • Expository writing: Ortogonale polynomier og Hilbertmatricen (In Danish) NORMAT 54 no. 3 (2006) 116-133. pdf-file. (Note that the page numbers in the pdf-file are not the final numbers as they appeared in the journal)
  • 97: With Henrik L. Pedersen, Convexity of the median in the gamma distribution Ark. Mat. 46 (2008), 1-6. pdf-file.
  • 96: Stieltjes-Pick-Bernstein-Schoenberg and their connection to complete monotonicity. In: Positive definite functions. From Schoenberg to Space-Time Challenges. Ed. J. Mateu and E. Porcu. Dept. of Mathematics, University Jaume I, Castellon, Spain, 2008. ISBN 978-84-612-8282-1. pdf-file.
  • 95: Fibonacci numbers and orthogonal polynomials Arab J. Math. Sci. 17 (2011), 75-88. Submitted version , access via DOI (Originally to appear in proceedings of an International Conference on Mathematical Analysis and Its Applications, Assiut, Egypt, January 3-6, 2006, but this never happened.) pdf-version submitted September 2006 to ArXiv. The Arxiv-link contains an updated version from August 5, 2010.
  • 94: With Antonio Duran, The fixed point for a transformation of Hausdorff moment sequences and iteration of a rational function Math. Scand. 103 (2008), 11-39. pdf-file .
  • 93: With Henrik L. Pedersen and with an appendix by Walter Hayman Logarithmic order and type of indeterminate moment problems Proceedings of the International Conference : "Difference equations, special functions and orthogonal polynomials", Munich, July 25-30, 2005. World Scientific Publishing Company, Singapore 2007 (ISBN-13 978-981-270-643-0; ISBN-10 981-270-643-7). Editors: S.Elaydi, J. Cushing, R. Lasser, V. Papageorgiou, A. Ruffing, W. Van Assche. pdf-file.
  • 92: With Christophe Vignat, Linearization coefficients of Bessel polynomials Constr. Approx. Vol. 27 (2008),15-32. pdf-file. access via DOI
  • 91: On powers of Stieltjes moment sequences,II J. Comput. Appl. Math. 199 (2007), 23-38. pdf-file. access via DOI
  • 90: With Henrik L. Pedersen, The Chen-Rubin conjecture in a continuous setting Manuscript containing Maple programs pdf-file. Revised manuscript of August 24, 2006 has appeared in Methods and Applications of Analysis, Vol 13 (2006), 63-88. revised version (pdf).
  • 89: Integral representation of some functions related to the Gamma function, Mediterr. j. math. 1 (2004), 433-439. Birkh{\"a}user pdf-file of preprint version.
  • 88: With Horst Alzer and Stamatis Koumandos, On a conjecture of Clark and Ismail J. Approx. Theory 134 (2005), 102-113. ps-file of preprint version.
  • 87: With Antonio Duran, Some transformations of Hausdorff moment sequences and harmonic numbers Canad. J. Math. 57 (2005), 941-960. ps-file of Preprint version.
  • 86: On powers of Stieltjes moment sequences,I J. Theor. Prob. 18 (2005), 871-889. Preprint version pdf-file.
  • 85: With Horst Alzer, Some Classes of Completely Monotonic Functions,II Ramanujan J. 11 (2006), 225-248. Journal version Preprint version: pdf-file.
  • 84: On a generalized Gamma convolution related to the q-calculus In: Developments of Mathematics Vol. 13: "Theory and Applications of Special Functions. A volume dedicated to Mizan Rahman". Edited by Mourad E.H. Ismail and Erik Koelink. ISBN: 0-387-24231-7. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., Berlin. A preprint version of the paper is available: pdf-file.
  • 83: With Antonio Duran, Orthogonal polynomials and analytic functions associated to positive definite matrices J. Math. Anal. Appl. 315 (2006), 54-67 pdf-file.
  • 82: With Antonio J. Duran, A transformation from Hausdorff to Stieltjes moment sequences Ark. Mat. 42 (2004), 239-257. See:http://www.arkivformatematik.org/ preprint Version of May 2004. pdf-file.
  • 81: Correction to a paper by A. G. Pakes J. Austral. Math. Soc. 76 (2004), 67-73. See http://www.austms.org.au/Publ/Jamsa/ pdf-file of preprint.
  • 80: With Horst Alzer, Some Classes of Completely Monotonic Functions Ann. Acad. Sci. Fenn. Math. Vol. 27 (2002), 445-460 pdf-file.
  • 79: A Pick function related to an inequality for the entropy function . J. Inequalities Pure and Appl. Math. Vol. 2, Issue 2, Article 26, 2001. (http://jipam.vu.edu.au) Copyright University of Victoria print-version. monitor-version.
  • 78: With H. L. Pedersen, Pick functions related to the Gamma function. Rocky Mountain Journal of Math. 32 no. 2, 507-525 (2002) pdf-file.
  • 77: On infinitely divisible solutions to indeterminate moment problems. In: Proceedings of the International Workshop "Special Functions", Hong Kong, June 21-25, 1999. Ed. C. Dunkl, M. Ismail, R. Wong. World Scientific, Singapore 2000, pp. 31-41. pdf-file. dvi-file.
  • 76: With H. L. Pedersen, A completely monotone function related to the Gamma function. J. Comput. Appl. Math., Vol. 133 (2001), 219-230. ps-file. dvi-file. pdf-file.
  • 75: With A. Ruffing, Generalized q-Hermite Polynomials. Commun. Math. Phys. 223,1 (2001), 29-46 paper.
  • 74: With Y. Chen and M.E.H. Ismail, Small eigenvalues of large Hankel matrices: The indeterminate case. Math. Scand., Vol. 91 (2002), 67-81 pdf-file.
  • 73: From discrete to absolutely continuous solutions of indeterminate moment problems. Arab. J. Math. Sc. 4, no.2 (1998), 1-18. ps-file. dvi-file.
  • 72: On some indeterminate moment problems for measures on a geometric progression. J. Comput. Appl. Math.99 (1998), 67-75. J. Comput. Appl. Math.. ps-file. dvi-file.
  • 71: Moment problems and polynomial approximation, Ann. Fac. Sci. Toulouse Math\'ematiques, 1996, 9-32. Num\'ero sp\'ecial Stieltjes. ps-file. dvi-file.
  • 70: With A.J. Duran, Measures with finite index of determinacy or a mathematical model for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 125 (1997), 523-530. ps-file. dvi-file.
  • 69: Recent results about moment problems, In: Probability Measures on Groups and Related Structures, XI Proceedings Oberwolfach 1994. Ed. H. Heyer, World Scientific, Singapore 1995. ps-file. dvi-file.
  • 67: With A.J. Duran, Orthogonal polynomials, $L^2$-spaces and entire functions , Math. Scand.79 (1996), 209-223. pdf-file. dvi-file.
  • 65: With M.E.H. Ismail, Q-Hermite polynomials and classical orthogonal polynomials, Can. J. Math. 48 (1996), 43-63. ps-file. dvi-file. pdf-file.
  • 56: Markov's theorem revisited. J. Approx. Theory 78 (1994), 260-275. preprint version.
  • 18: Potential theory on the infinite dimensional torus. Inventiones Math. 32 (1976), 49-100. (A note in C.R. Acad. Sci., Paris, 280 (1975), 1519-1521 contains a summary of this paper). scanned version
  • 16: On the support of the measures in a symmetric cocnvolution semigroup. Math. Zeitschrift 148 (1976), 141-146. scanned version
  • 15: With J. Faraut, Semi-groupes de Feller invariants sur les espaces homog\`enes non moyennables Math. Zeitschrift 136 (1974), 279-290 (A note in C.R. Acad. Sci., Paris, vol. 277 (1973), 807-808 contains a summary of this paper). scanned version
  • 14: With J.P. R. Christensen, Sur la norme des op{\'e}rateurs de convolution Inventiones Math. 23 (1974), 173-178. scanned version
  • 11: With G. Forst, Non-symmetric translation invariant Dirichlet forms. Inventiones Math. 21 (1973), 199-212. scanned version
  • 6: Dirichlet forms on symmetric spaces. Ann. Inst. Fourier, Grenoble 23,1 (1973), 135-156. scanned version
  • 4: Suites definies n\'egatives et espaces de Dirichlet sur la sph\`ere S\'eminaire Th\'eorie du Potentiel, Paris, Annee 1969/70. 18pp. scanned version (Two notes in C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris, vol. 271, 488-490, 778-780 contain a summary of this paper). For these see scanned version and scanned version
  • 3: Abstract Steiner points for convex polytopes J. London Math. Soc.(2) 4 (1971), 176-180. scanned version
  • 2: Shephard's approximation theorem for convex bodies and the Milman theorem Math. Scand. 25 (1969), 19-24. scanned version
  • 1: Corps convexes et potentiels sph\'eriques. Mat.-Fys. Medd. Kgl. Danske Vid. Selsk. 37 No. 6 (1969), 64 pages scanned version

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    Christian Berg
    Professor, dr. phil.
    
    
    Institute for Mathematical Sciences
    University of Copenhagen
    DK-2100 Copenhagen {\O}
    Phone:	(+45) 3532 0777
    email:	berg@math.ku.dk
    
    

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