Abstract
We prove the BMV (Bessis, Moussa, Villani, [1]) conjecture, which states that the function , , is the Laplace transform of a positive measure on [0,∞) if A and B are Hermitian matrices and B is positive semidefinite. A semi-explicit representation for this measure is given.
Funding Statement
Research supported by the grant STA 299/13-1 der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG).
Note
After this paper was accepted, the author sadly passed away in April 2013.
Citation
Herbert R. Stahl. "Proof of the BMV conjecture." Acta Math. 211 (2) 255 - 290, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11511-013-0104-z
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