On the Nevanlinna problem - Characterization of all Schur-Agler class solutions


Abstract in English

Given a domain $Omega$ in $mathbb{C}^m$, and a finite set of points $z_1,ldots, z_nin Omega$ and $w_1,ldots, w_nin mathbb{D}$ (the open unit disc in the complex plane), the $Pick, interpolation, problem$ asks when there is a holomorphic function $f:Omega rightarrow overline{mathbb{D}}$ such that $f(z_i)=w_i,1leq ileq n$. Pick gave a condition on the data ${z_i, w_i:1leq ileq n}$ for such an $interpolant$ to exist if $Omega=mathbb{D}$. Nevanlinna characterized all possible functions $f$ that $interpolate$ the data. We generalize Nevanlinnas result to an arbitrary set $Omega$. In this case, the function $f$ comes from the Schur-Agler class. The abstract result is then applied to three examples - the bidisc, the symmetrized bidisc and the annulus. In these examples, the Schur-Agler class is the same as the Schur class.

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