Schur functions, operator colligations, and reproducing kernel Pontryagin spaces (Q1360867)

This book naturally extends results on Schur functions, colligations, and realization theory from the well known case of a Hilbert space to that of Pontryagin. The content is admirably summarized in the author's introduction: ``Chapter 1 is devoted to preliminary notions concerning reproducing kernel Pontryagin spaces, linear relations, and complementation. In Chapter 2 we make the main construction of canonical colligations and introduce the generalized Schur classes \(S_k ({\mathfrak F}, {\mathfrak G})\). Chapter 3 details the properties of the state spaces and gives examples, which include rational unitary functions. In Chapter 4 we explore the relationship between invariant subspaces and factorization and obtain information for the indefinite case from the Hilbert space case by means of the Potapov-Ginzburg transform. The main transformations in state spaces are used to construct canonical models. In an epilogue we note some questions that are left unresolved and possible areas for future development. An appendix derives properties of finite-dimensional spaces which illustrate the theory and are used in our derivation of the Krein-Langer factorization in Chapter 4''.