Nevanlinna--Pick problem in class \({\mathcal S}[a,b]\) (Q2386920)

In order to describe the solutions of an indefinite power moment problem on a compact interval, \textit{M.~G.\ Kreĭn} and \textit{A.~A.\ Nudel'man} [``The Markov moment problem and extremal problems. Ideas and problems of P.~L.\ Čebyšev and A.~A.\ Markov and their further development'' (Transl.\ of Math.\ Monographs 50, AMS, Providence) (1977; Zbl 0361.42014)] introduced the class \({\mathcal S}[a,b]\) of those \(m\times m\) matrix functions \(s\) which are holomorphic and satisfy \({s(z)-s^*(z)\over 2i}\geq 0\) in the halfplane \(\text{Im\,}z>0\) and which are continuous and satisfy \(s(x)\geq 0\) for \(x\in(-\infty,a)\cup(b,\infty)\). Given a sequence of complex numbers \(z_1,z_2,\dots,z_n\;(z_j\neq z_k,\bar z_k\) for \(j\neq k\); \(\text{Im\,}z_j\neq 0)\) and a sequence of \(n\times n\) matrices \(s_1,s_2,\dots,s_n\), the Nevanlinna--Pick interpolation problem in the class \({\mathcal S}[a,b]\) entails finding a function \(s\in{\mathcal S}[a,b]\) such that \(s(z_j)=s_j\) (if \(\text{Im\,}z_j>0)\) and \(s^*(\bar z_j)=s_j\) (if \(\text{Im\,}z_j<0)\), \(1\leq j\leq n.\) The authors provide a criterion of solvability for this interpolation problem and describe all the solutions in the completely indefinite case. V.~P.\ Potapov's scheme for solving interpolation problems [cf.\ \textit{I.~V.\ Kovalishina}, Math.\ USSR, Izv.\ 22, 419--463 (1984); translation from Izv.\ Akad.\ Nauk SSSR, Ser.\ Mat.\ 47, 455--497 (1983; Zbl 0549.30026)] and some of its generalizations for Nevanlinna functions [cf.\ \textit{T.~S.\ Ivanchenko} and \textit{L.~A.\ Sakhnovich}, Oper.\ Theory, Adv.\ Appl.\ 72, 48--86 (1994; Zbl 0835.47012)] and Stieltjes functions [cf.\ \textit{Yu.~M.\ Dyukarev}, Oper.\ Theory, Adv.\ Appl.\ 95, 165--184 (1997; Zbl 0928.47007); Mat.\ Fiz.\ Anal.\ Geom.\ 6, No. 1--2, 30--54 (1999; Zbl 1052.47504); Dopov.\ Nats.\ Akad.\ Nauk Ukr., Mat.\ Pryr.\ Tekh.\ Nauky 2000, No.~9, 23--26 (2000; Zbl 0978.47015)] are used.