A non-commutative de Branges-Rovnyak model for row contractions

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Auteurs principaux: Martin, Robert T. W., Sampat, Jeet
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author Martin, Robert T. W.
Sampat, Jeet
author_facet Martin, Robert T. W.
Sampat, Jeet
contents We extend the de Branges-Rovnyak model for completely non-coisometric (CNC) linear contractions on a Hilbert space to the non-commutative multivariate setting of CNC row contractions. Namely, we show that any CNC contraction from several copies of a Hilbert space into a single copy is unitarily equivalent to the adjoint of the restricted backward right shifts acting on the de Branges-Rovnyak space of a contractive left multiplier between vector-valued "free Hardy spaces" of square-summable power series in several non-commuting (NC) variables. This contractive, operator-valued left multiplier, the characteristic function of the CNC row contraction, is a complete unitary invariant and it is always column-extreme as a contractive left multiplier. Our construction builds a model reproducing kernel Hilbert space of NC functions using a "non-commutative resolvent" of the row contraction, $T$, which is the inverse of the monic, affine linear pencil of $T$ in a certain NC unit row-ball of the NC universe of all row tuples of square matrices of all finite sizes.
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spellingShingle A non-commutative de Branges-Rovnyak model for row contractions
Martin, Robert T. W.
Sampat, Jeet
Functional Analysis
Complex Variables
Operator Algebras
We extend the de Branges-Rovnyak model for completely non-coisometric (CNC) linear contractions on a Hilbert space to the non-commutative multivariate setting of CNC row contractions. Namely, we show that any CNC contraction from several copies of a Hilbert space into a single copy is unitarily equivalent to the adjoint of the restricted backward right shifts acting on the de Branges-Rovnyak space of a contractive left multiplier between vector-valued "free Hardy spaces" of square-summable power series in several non-commuting (NC) variables. This contractive, operator-valued left multiplier, the characteristic function of the CNC row contraction, is a complete unitary invariant and it is always column-extreme as a contractive left multiplier. Our construction builds a model reproducing kernel Hilbert space of NC functions using a "non-commutative resolvent" of the row contraction, $T$, which is the inverse of the monic, affine linear pencil of $T$ in a certain NC unit row-ball of the NC universe of all row tuples of square matrices of all finite sizes.
title A non-commutative de Branges-Rovnyak model for row contractions
topic Functional Analysis
Complex Variables
Operator Algebras
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.05211