Abstract: | Let T and T be C10 contractions with characteristic functions H (nn+1), H (mm+1). The fundamental result is: T and T are quasisimilar if and only if The paper contains an analysis of this condition; examples are given.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 149, pp. 24–37, 1986. |