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A detailed monograph exploring how operator theory interacts with function theory in one and several variables.
List of contents
Part I. Commutative Theory: 1. The origins of operator-theoretic approaches to function theory; 2. Operator analysis on D: model formulas, lurking Isometries, and positivity arguments; 3. Further development of models on the disc; 4. Operator analysis on D2; 5. Carathéodory-Julia theory on the disc and the bidisc; 6. Herglotz and Nevanlinna representations in several variables; 7. Model theory on the symmetrized bidisc; 8. Spectral sets: three case studies; 9. Calcular norms; 10. Operator monotone functions; Part II. Non-Commutative Theory: 11. Motivation for non-commutative functions; 12. Basic properties of non-commutative functions; 13. Montel theorems; 14. Free holomorphic functions; 15. The implicit function theorem; 16. Noncommutative functional calculus; Notation.
About the author
Jim Agler is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of California, San Diego. He received the G. de B. Robinson award from the Canadian Mathematical Society in 2016 and delivered the 2017 London Mathematical Society Invited Lectures. He is the co-author of Pick Interpolation and Hilbert Function Spaces (2002).John Edward McCarthy is the Spencer T. Olin Professor of Arts and Sciences at Washington University, St Louis, and chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. He received the G. de B. Robinson award from the Canadian Mathematical Society (2016) and was co-author of Pick Interpolation and Hilbert Function Spaces (2002).Nicholas John Young is Research Professor at Leeds University and Senior Research Investigator at University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He is the author of An Introduction to Hilbert Space (Cambridge, 1988) and approximately 100 research articles in analysis.
Summary
This monograph, aimed at graduate students and researchers, explores the use of Hilbert space methods in function theory. Explaining how operator theory interacts with function theory in one and several variables, the authors journey from an accessible explanation of the techniques to their uses in cutting edge research.
