Orthogonal polynomials and analytic functions associated to positive definite matrices

For a positive definite infinite matrix A, we study the relationship between its associated sequence of orthonormal polynomials and the asymptotic behaviour of the smallest eigenvalue of its truncation An of size n × n. For the particular case of A being a Hankel or a Hankel block matrix, our results lead to a characterization of positive measures with finite index of determinacy and of completely indeterminate matrix moment problems, respectively.  2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved