English

Facial behaviour of analytic functions on the bidisk

Complex Variables 2011-03-02 v2

Abstract

We prove that if ϕ\phi is an analytic function bounded by 1 on the bidisk and τ\tau is a point in a face of the bidisk at which ϕ\phi satisfies Caratheodory's condition then both ϕ\phi and the angular gradient ϕ\nabla\phi exist and are constant on the face. Moreover, the class of all ϕ\phi with prescribed ϕ(τ)\phi(\tau) and ϕ(τ)\nabla\phi(\tau) can be parametrized in terms of a function in the two-variable Pick class. As an application we solve an interpolation problem with nodes that lie on faces of the bidisk.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1003.3400,
  title  = {Facial behaviour of analytic functions on the bidisk},
  author = {Jim Agler and John E. McCarthy and N. J. Young},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.3400},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

18 pages. We have replaced an erroneous proof of Theorem 5.4(1) by a valid proof

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