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Canonical Models For Bi-Isometries

Functional Analysis 2010-12-07 v1

Abstract

A canonical model, analogous to the one for contraction operators, is introduced for bi-isometries, two commuting isometries on a Hilbert space. This model involves a contractive analytic operator-valued function on the unit disk. Various pureness conditions are considered as well as bi-isometries for which both isometries are shifts. Several families of examples are introduced and classified.

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@article{arxiv.1012.0942,
  title  = {Canonical Models For Bi-Isometries},
  author = {Hari Bercovici and Ronald G. Douglas and Ciprian Foias},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.0942},
  year   = {2010}
}
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