Kernel Decompositions for Schur Functions on the Polydisk

A certain kernel (sometimes called the Pick kernel) associated to Schur functions on the disk is always positive semi-definite. A generalization of this fact is well-known for Schur functions on the polydisk. In this article, we show that the “Pick kernel” on the polydisk has a great deal of structure beyond being positive semi-definite. It can always be split into two kernels possessing certain shift invariance properties.     

Schur–Agler and Herglotz–Agler classes of functions: Positive-kernel decompositions and transfer-function realizations

We discuss transfer-function realization for multivariable holomorphic functions mapping the unit polydisk or the right polyhalfplane into the operator analogue of either the unit disk or the right halfplane (Schur/Herglotz functions over either the unit polydisk or the right polyhalfplane) which satisfy the appropriate stronger contractive/positive real part condition for the values of these functions on commutative tuples of strict contractions/strictly accretive operators (Schur–Agler/Herglotz–Agler functions over either the unit polydisk or the right polyhalfplane). As originally shown by Agler, the first case (polydisk to disk) can be solved via unitary extensions of a partially defined isometry constructed in a canonical way from a kernel decomposition for the function (the lurking-isometry method). We show how a geometric reformulation of the lurking-isometry method (embedding of a given isotropic subspace of a Kre?n space into a Lagrangian subspace—the lurking-isotropic-subspace method) can be used to handle the second two cases (polydisk to halfplane and polyhalfplane to disk), as well as the last case (polyhalfplane to halfplane) if an additional growth condition at ∞ is imposed. For the general fourth case, we show how a linear-fractional-transformation change of variable can be used to arrive at the appropriate symmetrized nonhomogeneous Bessmertny? long-resolvent realization. We also indicate how this last result recovers the classical integral representation formula for scalar-valued holomorphic functions mapping the right halfplane into itself.     

Schwarz-Pick estimates for holomorphic mappings from the polydisk to the unit ball

In this paper, Schwarz-Pick estimates of arbitrary order partial derivatives for holomorphic mappings from the polydisk to the unit ball are presented. We generalize the early work on Schwarz-Pick estimates of higher order derivatives for bounded holomorphic functions on the unit disk and the polydisk.     

Fekete and Szeg problem in one and higher dimensions

In this paper, we establish the Fekete and Szeg inequality for a class of holomorphic functions in the unit disk, and then we extend this result to a class of holomorphic mappings on the unit ball in a complex Banach space or on the unit polydisk in C~n.     

The Julia-Wolff-Carathéodory theorem in polydisks

The classical Julia-Wolff-Carathéodory theorem gives a condition ensuring the existence of the non-tangential limit of both a bounded holomorphic function and its derivative at a given boundary point of the unit disk in the complex plane. This theorem has been generalized by Rudin to holomorphic maps between unit balls inC ⁿ and by the author to holomorphic maps between strongly (pseudo)convex domains. Here we describe Julia-Wolff-Carathéodory theorems for holomorphic maps defined in a polydisk and with image either in the unit disk, or in another polydisk, or in a strongly convex domain. One of the main tools for the proof is a general version of the Lindelöf principle valid for not necessarily bounded holomorphic functions.     

The Coefficient Inequalities for a Class of Holomorphic Mappings in Several Complex Variable

The authors establish the coefficient inequalities for a class of holomorphic mappings on the unit ball in a complex Banach space or on the unit polydisk in $\mathbb{C}^n$, which are natural extensions to higher dimensions of some Fekete and Szeg\"o inequalities for subclasses of the normalized univalent functions in the unit disk.     

Generalized Essential Norm of Weighted Composition Operators on some Uniform Algebras of Analytic Functions

We compute the essential norm of a composition operator relatively to the class of Dunford-Pettis operators or weakly compact operators, on some uniform algebras of analytic functions. Even in the context of H^∞ (resp. the disk algebra), this is new, as well for the polydisk algebras and the polyball algebras. This is a consequence of a general study of weighted composition operators.      

Classes of tuples of commuting contractions satisfying the multivariable von Neumann inequality

We obtain a decomposition for multivariable Schur-class functions on the unit polydisk which, to a certain extent, is analogous to Agler's decomposition for functions from the Schur-Agler class. As a consequence, we show that d-tuples of commuting strict contractions obeying an additional positivity constraint satisfy the d-variable von Neumann inequality for an arbitrary operator-valued bounded analytic function on the polydisk. Also, this decomposition yields a necessary condition for solvability of the finite data Nevanlinna-Pick interpolation problem in the Schur class on the unit polydisk.     

Compact Differences of Composition Operators over Polydisks

Moorhouse characterized compact differences of composition operators acting on a weighted Bergman space over the unit disk of the complex plane. She also found a sufficient condition for a single composition operator to be a compact perturbation of the sum of given finitely many composition operators and studied the role of second order data in determining compact differences. In this paper, based on the characterizations due to Stessin and Zhu, of boundedness and compactness of composition operators acting from a weighted Bergman space into another, we obtain the polydisk analogues of Moorhouse’s results through a different approach in main steps. In addition we find a necessary coefficient relation for compact combinations which was first noticed on the disk by Kriete and Moorhouse.     

The Bagemihl theorem for the skeleton of a polydisk and its applications

In this paper we prove an analog of the Bagemihl theorem for functions defined in a polydisk. We apply the obtained result for studying properties of functions of linearly invariant families.     

Bloch constant of holomorphic mappings on the unit polydisk of ℂ<Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis></Superscript>

In this paper, we give a definition of Bloch mappings defined in the unit polydisk D ⁿ , which generalizes the concept of Bloch functions defined in the unit disk D. It is known that Bloch theorem fails unless we have some restrictive assumption on holomorphic mappings in several complex variables. We shall establish the corresponding distortion theorems for subfamilies β(K) and β _loc(K) of Bloch mappings defined in the polydisk D ⁿ , which extend the distortion theorems of Liu and Minda to higher dimensions. As an application, we obtain lower and upper bounds of Bloch constants for various subfamilies of Bloch mappings defined in D ⁿ . In particular, our results reduce to the classical results of Ahlfors and Landau when n = 1. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10571164) and Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (SRFDP) (Grant No. 20050358052)     

On the Fekete and Szegö problem for starlike mappings of order <Emphasis Type="Italic">α</Emphasis>

Let S _α ^* be the familiar class of normalized starlike functions of order α in the unit disk. In this paper, we establish the Fekete and Szegö inequality for the class S _α ^* , and then we generalize this result to the unit ball in a complex Banach space or on the unit polydisk in C ⁿ .     

Bounded Toeplitz products on Bergman spaces of the unit ball

We consider the question for which square integrable analytic functions f and g on the unit ball the densely defined products are bounded on the weighted Bergman spaces. We prove results analogous to those we obtained in the setting of the unit disk and the polydisk.     

Retracts in Polydisk and Analytic Varieties with the <Emphasis Type="Italic">H</Emphasis><Superscript>∞</Superscript>-Extension Property

This article mainly concerns retracts in polydisk, analytic varieties with the H ^∞-extension property and the three-point Pick problem on . Arising in the study of Nevanlinna-Pick interpolation on the bidisk, Agler and McCarthy recently discovered a remarkable theorem which characterizes subsets in the bidisk with the polynomial extension property, and in this case, these subsets are retracts. To study H ^∞-extensions of holomorphic functions from subvarieties of polydisk, one naturally is concerned with retracts in polydisk. Under certain mild assumptions, it is shown that subvarieties with H ^∞-extension property are exactly retracts. Furthermore, we apply our argument to determine those retracts whose retractions are unique. In particular, a retract in having at least two different retractions is exactly a balanced disk. As an application, we give a sufficient condition of the uniqueness of the solution for the three-point Pick problem on .      

Essential norms of composition operators between Bloch type spaces in the polydisk

In 2010, Ruhan Zhao obtained the essential norms of composition operators between Bloch type spaces in the disk by the nth power of the induced analytic function. This paper will generalize Zhao’s results to the polydisk. Unlike the case of the composition operators on the unit disk, the essential norms are different for the cases ${p \in (0,1)}$ and p ≥ 1.     

Products of Bergman space Toeplitz operators on the polydisk

Motivated by recent works of Ahern and uković on the disk, we study the generalized zero product problem for Toeplitz operators acting on the Bergman space of the polydisk. First, we extend the results to the polydisk. Next, we study the generalized compact product problem. Our results are new even on the disk. As a consequence on higher dimensional polydisks, we show that the generalized zero and compact product properties are the same for Toeplitz operators in a certain case.The first three authors were partially supported by KOSEF(R01-2003-000-10243-0) and the last author was partially supported by the National Science Foundation.     

多圆盘的Bergman空间上Hankel乘积

对多圆盘上的平方可积函数f和g,研究了Bergman空间上稠密定义的Hankel乘积H_fH_g~*的有界性和紧性.给出了这些算子有界和紧的一些必要条件和充分条件.当f是解析函数时,对混合Haplitz乘积H_gT_(f~-)和T_fH_g~*得到了相似的结果.     

On the Lebesgue constant of Leja sequences for the unit disk and its applications to multivariate interpolation

We estimate the growth of the Lebesgue constant of any Leja sequence for the unit disk. The main application is the construction of new multivariate interpolation points in a polydisk (and in the Cartesian product of many plane compact sets) whose Lebesgue constant grows (at most) like a polynomial.