Mathematics – Operator Algebras
Scientific paper
1997-05-28
Mathematics
Operator Algebras
55 pp. AMS-TeX 2.0. This is a revised version of a previous paper posted here. The changes are minor
Scientific paper
A d-contraction is a d-tuple $(T_1,...,T_d)$ of mutually commuting operators acting on a common Hilbert space H such that $ \|T_1\xi_1+T_2\xi_2+... +T_d\xi_d\|^2\leq \|\xi_1\|^2+\|\xi_2\|^2+...+\|\xi_d\|^2 $ for all $\xi_1,\xi_2,...,\xi_d\in H$. These are the higher dimensional counterparts of contractions. We show that many of the operator-theoretic aspects of function theory in the unit disk generalize to the unit ball B_d in complex d-space, including von Neumann's inequality and the model theory of contractions. These results depend on properties of the d-shift, a distinguished d-contraction which acts on a new $H^2$ space associated with B_d, and which is the higher dimensional counterpart of the unilateral shift. $H^2$ and the d-shift are highly unique. Indeed, by exploiting the noncommutative Choquet boundary of the d-shift relative to its generated C^*-algebra we find that there is more uniqueness in dimension $d\geq 2$ than there is in dimension one.
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