On a nonlinear causal commutant lifting theorem (Q4945151)

The paper contains an extension of a local nonlinear commutant lifting theorem [see \textit{J. A. Ball, C. Foias, J. W. Helton} and \textit{A. Tannenbaum}, Indiana Univ. Math. J. 36, 693-709 (1987; Zbl 0652.47004) and NATO-ASI Series, Ser. F 34, 31-46, Springer-Verlag, New York (1987; Zbl 0644.47006)] to causal input/output operators. Analytic input/output operators of fading memory defined in a ball centered at the origin in complex Hilbert space are considered. Each \(n\)-linear term of the Taylor expansion of such an operator is expressed as a linear operator on a tensor space. Then the causal linear commutant lifting theorem [see \textit{C. Foias} and \textit{A. Tannenbaum}, J. Funct. Anal. 118, No. 2, 407-441 (1993; Zbl 0803.47011), \textit{C. Foias, C. Gu} and \textit{A. Tannenbaum}, Acta Sci. Math. 57, No. 1-4, 101-123 (1993; Zbl 0805.47005) and Siam J. Control and Optimization 33, No. 1, 185-207 (1995; Zbl 0834.93018)] is applied to those operators. A nonlinear causal analogue of classical Hankel operators is defined in the paper and a Sarason type theorem is proved for this operator. The paper is concluded by an application to a nonlinear version of weighted sensitivity \(H^{\infty}\)-minimization in robust control. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0932.00048].