A complex-valued function φ : ℝ → ℂ is positive definite if for every
finite collection of times t : Fin n → ℝ and complex coefficients
z : Fin n → ℂ, the Hermitian form
∑_{i,j} φ(t_i - t_j) z_i \overline{z_j} has nonnegative real part.
Equivalently, the matrix (φ(t_i - t_j))_{i,j} is positive semidefinite.
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A real-valued function φ : ℝ → ℝ is positive definite if its complex
embedding (↑) ∘ φ : ℝ → ℂ is positive definite in the sense of
IsPositiveDefinite.
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A function φ : ℝ → ℂ is a characteristic function if it arises as the
characteristic function t ↦ ∫ e^{itx} dμ(x) of some probability measure
μ on ℝ.
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A real-valued function φ : ℝ → ℝ is a characteristic function if its
complex embedding (↑) ∘ φ is.
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Bochner's theorem (complex form). A function φ : ℝ → ℂ is the
characteristic function of some probability measure on ℝ if and only if it
is continuous, positive definite, and satisfies φ(0) = 1 (Durrett,
Lecture 14/15).
Bochner's theorem (real form). A continuous function φ : ℝ → ℝ with
φ(1) = 1 — here packaged as φ(0) = 1 together with continuity and positive
definiteness — is the characteristic function of some probability measure on
ℝ if and only if it is positive definite (Durrett, Lecture 14/15).