Weighted p-regular kernels for reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces and Mercer Theorem

Abstract

[EN] Let (X, Sigma, mu) be a finite measure space and consider a Banach function space Y(mu). Motivated by some previous papers and current applications, we provide a general framework for representing reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces as subsets of Kothe Bochner (vectorvalued) function spaces. We analyze operator-valued kernels Gamma that define integration maps L-Gamma between Kothe-Bochner spaces of Hilbert-valued functions Y(mu; kappa). We show a reduction procedure which allows to find a factorization of the corresponding kernel operator through weighted Bochner spaces L-P(gd mu; kappa) and L-P (hd mu; kappa) - where 1/p + 1/p' = 1 - under the assumption of p-concavity of Y(mu). Equivalently, a new kernel obtained by multiplying Gamma by scalar functions can be given in such a way that the kernel operator is defined from L-P (mu; kappa) to L-P (mu; kappa) in a natural way. As an application, we prove a new version of Mercer Theorem for matrix-valued weighted kernels.