Toeplitz form, indefinite
A quadratic form, defined on the space $ \Phi $
of infinite sequences $ x = \{ \xi _ {p} \} _ {- \infty } ^ \infty $
of finite support by the expression
$$ ( x, x) = \sum _ {- \infty } ^ { {+ } \infty } c _ {p - q } \xi _ {p} \overline \xi \; _ {q} , $$
where the sequence $ c = \{ c _ {p} \} _ {- \infty } ^ \infty $, $ c _ {0} = \overline{ {c _ {0} }}\; $, is such that, from some dimension $ N $ onwards, the form $ ( x, x) $ reduces to canonical form as a sum of $ \kappa $ squares on each subspace
$$ \Phi ^ {N} \subset \Phi ,\ \ \Phi ^ {N} = \{ {\xi _ {p} } : {\xi _ {p} = 0, | p | > N } \} . $$
An indefinite scalar product may be introduced in $ \Phi $ by means of the Toeplitz form; after factorization over the isotropic subspace and completion, $ \Phi $ becomes a Pontryagin space.
Toeplitz form, indefinite. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Toeplitz_form,_indefinite&oldid=55233