Admissible majorants for model subspaces, and arguments of inner functions

Let Θ be an inner function in the upper half-plane ?⁺ and let K _Θ denote the model subspace H ² ? Θ H ² of the Hardy space H ² = H ²(?⁺). A nonnegative function w on the real line is said to be an admissible majorant for K _Θ if there exists a nonzero function f ∈ K _Θ such that {f} ? w a.e. on ?. We prove a refined version of the parametrization formula for K _Θ-admissible majorants and simplify the admissibility criterion (in terms of arg Θ) obtained in [8]. We show that, for every inner function Θ, there exist minimal K _Θ-admissible majorants. The relationship between admissibility and some weighted approximation problems is considered.