Szegő and Widom theorems for finite codimensional subalgebras of a class of uniform algebras (Q2046224)

The authors prove far-reaching generalizations of the Szegő-Kolmogorov-Krein distance formula (see page 49 in [\textit{K. Hoffman}, Banach spaces of analytic functions. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc. (1962; Zbl 0117.34001)]) and Widom's theorem on invertibility of (a family) of Toeplitz operators (see, e.g., Theorem 7.30 in [\textit{R. G. Douglas}, Banach algebra techniques in operator theory. 2nd ed. New York NY: Springer (1998; Zbl 0920.47001)]) in a class of finite codimension subalgebras of uniform algebras, obtained by imposing a finite number of linear constraints. Representations of these algebras on a family of reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces play an important role in the proofs.