Curvature invariant and generalized canonical operator models. II (Q2452493)

From the Introduction: In Part~I [in: Spectral theory, mathematical system theory, evolution equations, differential and difference equations. Selected papers of 21st international workshop on operator theory and applications, IWOTA10, Berlin, Germany, July 12--16, 2010. Basel: Birkhäuser, 293--304 (2012; Zbl 1264.47016)], we reported results obtained in comparing the canonical model of Sz.-Nagy and Foiaş with the complex geometric model of M.\,J.\thinspace Cowen and the first author. These models are first recast in the language of Hilbert modules as in [the first author and \textit{V. I. Paulsen}, Hilbert modules over function algebras. Harlow: Longman Scientific \& Technical; New York: John Wiley \& Sons, Inc. (1989; Zbl 0686.46035)]. In Part~I, we considered only the simplest nontrivial cases of quotient modues, first of the Hardy module mapped into the \({\mathbb C}^2\)-valued Hardy module. Afterwards we extended the results by replacing the Hardy module by other Hilbert modules over \({\mathbb C}[z]\) related to the unit disk \(\mathbb D\) such as the Bergman and weighted Bergman modules. We also took up the question of when two such quotient modules are isomorphic. In this paper, we proceed to the more general cases of these phenomena in higher multiplicity and for Hilbert modules over \({\mathbb C}[z_1,\dots,z_n]\) and again, determine when two such quotient Hilbert modules are (isometrically) isomorphic and, in some cases, similar. Here we represent the associated Hermitian anti-holomorphic vector bundle as a twisted tensor product of the vector bundle for the basic Hilbert module by a vector bundle determined by the multiplier used to define the quotient. A version of this representation was used earlier by \textit{M. Uchiyama} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 319, No. 1, 405--415 (1990; Zbl 0733.47015)] and the third author and \textit{S. Treil} [Publ. Mat., Barc. 53, No. 2, 417--438 (2009; Zbl 1190.47002)]. See \textit{K. Zhu} [Ill. J. Math. 44, No. 4, 767--783 (2000; Zbl 0972.47006)] also for some related results concerning Hilbert modules over \({\mathbb C}[z]\).) We observe that although the vector bundles in the short exact sequence of vector bundles defining the quotient module are pull-backs from infinite-dimensional Grassmannian and hence, appear to be built using an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space, they are actually the tensor product of a quotient of finite rank, trivial vector bundles by the fixed line bundle for the basic Hilbert module. Thus, all calculations and proofs can be carried out in this finite-dimensional context.