Absolutely continuous representing measures of complex sequences

Abstract

In 1989, A. J. Duran [Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 107 (1989), 731-741] showed, that for every complex sequence $(s_\alpha)_{\alpha\in\mathbb{N}_0^n}$ there exists a Schwartz function $f\in\mathcal{S}(\mathbb{R}^n,\mathbb{C})$ with $\mathrm{supp}\, f\subseteq [0,\infty)^n$ such that $s_\alpha = \int x^\alpha\cdot f(x)~\mathrm{d}x$ for all $\alpha\in\mathbb{N}_0^n$. It has been claimed to be a generalization of the result by T. Sherman [Rend. Circ. Mat. Palermo 13 (1964), 273-278], that every complex sequences is represented by a complex measure on $[0,\infty)^n$. In the present work we use the convolution of sequences and measures to show, that Duran's result is a trivial consequence of Sherman's result. We use our easy proof to extend the Schwartz function result and to show the flexibility in choosing very specific functions $f$.