Matricial Canonical Moments and Parametrization of Matricial Hausdorff Moment Sequences

Abstract

In this paper we study moment sequences of matrix-valued measures on compact intervals. A complete parametrization of such sequences is obtained via a symmetric version of matricial canonical moments. Furthermore, distinguished extensions of finite moment sequences are characterized in this framework. The results are applied to the underlying matrix-valued measures, generalizing some results from the scalar theory of canonical moments.