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Schur functions and inner functions on the bidisc

Functional Analysis 2022-02-08 v2 Complex Variables Operator Algebras

Abstract

We study representations of inner functions on the bidisc from a fractional linear transformation point of view, and provide sufficient conditions, in terms of colligation matrices, for the existence of two-variable inner functions. Here the sufficient conditions are not necessary in general, and we prove a weak converse for rational inner functions that admit one variable factorization. We present a complete classification of de Branges-Rovnyak kernels on the bidisc (which equally works in the setting of polydisc and the open unit ball of Cn\mathbb{C}^n, n1n \geq 1). We also classify, in terms of Agler kernels, two-variable Schur functions that admit one variable factor.

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@article{arxiv.2012.13207,
  title  = {Schur functions and inner functions on the bidisc},
  author = {Ramlal Debnath and Jaydeb Sarkar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.13207},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

25 pages, minor revision. To appear in Computational Methods and Function Theory (CMFT)

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