Functional calculus for noncommuting operators (Q1907020)

Let \(F^2(H_n)={\mathbf C}1\oplus \bigoplus_{m\geq 1} H_n^{\otimes m}\) be the Fock space. \({\mathcal P}\) denotes the set of all \(p\in F^2(H_n)\) of the form: \(p=a_0+\sum a_{i_1\dots i_k} e_{i_1}\otimes\cdots\otimes e_{i_k}\), \(1\leq i_1,\dots, i_k\leq n\) and \(1\leq k\leq m\) where \(a_0,a_{i_1\dots i_k}\in{\mathbf C}\) and \(\{e_1,\dots, e_n\}\) is the orthonormal basis in \(H_n\). Let \(({\mathcal P})_1= \{q\in{\mathcal P}: |q|_{F^2(H_n)}\leq 1\}\), \(F^\infty\) is the set of all \(g\in F^2(H_n)\) for which \(|g|_\infty= \sup\{|g\otimes q|_{F^2(H_n)}: q\in({\mathcal P})_1\}<\infty\). \(F^\infty\) is a noncommutative Banach algebra which can be viewed as a commutative analogue of the Hardy space. The author obtains a noncommutative analogue of the Sz.-Nagy-Foiaş \(H^\infty\) functional calculus for completely noncoisometric (c.n.c.) contractions. An important role is played by the functional model for a c.n.c. contraction \([T_1,\dots, T_n]\) and the von Neumann inequality.