Products of generalized Nevanlinna functions with symmetric rational functions (Q2444460)

The authors introduce new classes of generalized Nevanlinna functions which, under multiplication with an arbitrary fixed symmetric rational function, remain generalized Nevanlinna functions. The approach is based on the representation of a generalized Nevanlinna function as a \(Q\)-function of a symmetric linear relation satisfying an identity similar to the Krein resolvent formula from the extension theory of symmetric operators. This opens the way for an operator-theoretic approach using rigged spaces, boundary triplets, and associated Weyl functions. Characteristic properties of Nevanlinna functions having gaps in their spectral measure are studied. This involves the use of local versions of the so-called Kac-Donoghue subclasses and the limit values of the function at the endpoints of the spectral gaps. A characterization of the generalized Nevanlinna functions holomorphic on a real interval is given. Realizations of generalized Nevanlinna functions as Weyl functions are considered in detail.