{"ID":2835421,"CreatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","UpdatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","DeletedAt":null,"paper_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.23008","arxiv_id":"2511.23008","title":"Functional Gaussian Fields on Hyperspheres with their Equivalent Gaussian Measures","abstract":"We develop a general framework for isotropic functional Gaussian fields on the $d$-dimensional sphere $\\mathbb{S}^{d}$, where the field takes values in a separable Hilbert space $\\mathcal{H}$. We establish an operator-valued extension of Schoenberg's theorem and show that the covariance structure of such fields admits a representation through a sequence of trace-class $d$-Schoenberg operators, yielding an explicit spectral decomposition of the covariance operator on $L^{2}(\\mathbb{S}^{d};\\mathcal{H})$. We derive a functional version of the Feldman-H'ajek criterion and prove that equivalence of the Gaussian measures induced by two Hilbert-valued spherical fields is determined by a Hilbert summability condition involving Schoenberg functional sequences, extending classical results for scalar and vector fields to the infinite-dimensional setting. We further show how equivalence of all scalar projections is contained within, and dominated by, the functional criterion. The theory is illustrated through two models: (i) a multiquadratic bivariate family on $\\mathbb{S}^{d}$, where the equivalence region has a closed-form description in terms of cross-correlation and geodesic decay parameters, and (ii) an infinite-dimensional Legendre-Mat'ern construction, where operator-valued spectra yield identifiability conditions on smoothness and scale. These examples show how operator-valued Schoenberg coefficients govern both geometry and measure-theoretic behavior of functional spherical fields. Overall, the results provide a unified spectral framework for Gaussian measures on $L^{2}(\\mathbb{S}^{d};\\mathcal{H})$, bridging harmonic analysis, operator theory, and stochastic geometry on manifolds, and offering tools for functional data analysis, spatial statistics, and kernel methods on spherical domains.","short_abstract":"We develop a general framework for isotropic functional Gaussian fields on the $d$-dimensional sphere $\\mathbb{S}^{d}$, where the field takes values in a separable Hilbert space $\\mathcal{H}$. We establish an operator-valued extension of Schoenberg's theorem and show that the covariance structure of such fields admits...","url_abs":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.23008","url_pdf":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.23008v1","authors":"[\"Alessia Caponera\",\"Vinicius Ferreira\",\"Emilio Porcu\"]","published":"2025-11-28T09:19:32Z","proceeding":"math.ST","tasks":"[\"math.ST\"]","methods":"[]","has_code":false}