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Some new observations on interpolation in the spectral unit ball

Complex Variables 2008-02-14 v2 Operator Algebras

Abstract

We present several results associated to a holomorphic-interpolation problem for the spectral unit ball \Omega_n, n\geq 2. We begin by showing that a known necessary condition for the existence of a O(D;Ωn)\mathcal{O}(D;\Omega_n)-interpolant (D here being the unit disc in the complex plane), given that the matricial data are non-derogatory, is not sufficient. We provide next a new necessary condition for the solvability of the two-point interpolation problem -- one which is not restricted only to non-derogatory data, and which incorporates the Jordan structure of the prescribed data. We then use some of the ideas used in deducing the latter result to prove a Schwarz-type lemma for holomorphic self-maps of \Omega_n, n\geq 2.

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@article{arxiv.0704.1966,
  title  = {Some new observations on interpolation in the spectral unit ball},
  author = {Gautam Bharali},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0704.1966},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

Added a definition (Def.1.1); 2 of the 4 results herein are minor refinements of those in the author's preprint math.CV/0608177; to appear in Integral Eqns. Operator Theory