Recent advances in operator theory. The Israel Gohberg anniversary volume. Proceedings of the international workshop on operator theory and its applications, IWOTA-98, Groningen, Netherlands, June 30--July 3, 1998 (Q5939778)

The articles of this volume will be reviewed individually. The workshop 1996 has been reviewed (see Zbl 0932.00048). Indexed articles: \textit{Adamyan, Vadim; Mennicken, Reinhard; Pivovarchik, Vjacheslav}, On the spectral theory of degenerate quadratic operator pencils, 1-19 [Zbl 0993.47014] \textit{Alpay, Daniel; Bolotnikov, Vladimir; Rodman, Leiba}, Two-sided tangential interpolation for Hilbert-Schmidt operator functions on polydisks, 21-62 [Zbl 0993.47018] \textit{Alpay, D.; Dijksma, A.; Peretz, Y.}, Nonstationary analogs of the Herglotz representation theorem: Realizations centered at an arbitrary point, 63-87 [Zbl 1062.47508] \textit{Arlinskii, Yury}, Characteristic functions of maximal sectorial operators, 89-108 [Zbl 0995.47004] \textit{Azizov, T. Ya.; Barsukov, A. I.; Dijksma, A.; Jonas, P.}, Similarity between Kreĭn space bicontractions and Hilbert space contractions, 109-129 [Zbl 1026.47026] \textit{Bercovici, Hari; Smotzer, Thomas}, Classification of cyclic invariant subspaces of Jordan operators, 131-143 [Zbl 1010.47010] \textit{Binding, Paul; Hryniv, Rostyslav}, Elliptic spectral problems of higher order with eigenparameter dependent boundary conditions, 145-153 [Zbl 0988.35125] \textit{Bogevolnov, V. B.; Mikhailova, A. B.; Pavlov, B. S.; Yafyasov, A. M.}, About scattering on the ring, 155-173 [Zbl 1257.81033] \textit{Bruzual, Ramón; Domínguez, Marisela}, Dilation of generalized Toeplitz kernels on lexicographic \(\Gamma\times \mathbb{R}\), 175-187 [Zbl 1006.47010] \textit{Dym, Harry}, On Riccati equations and reproducing kernel spaces, 189-215 [Zbl 0989.46015] \textit{Ehrhardt, Torsten}, A status report on the asymptotic behavior of Toeplitz determinants with Fisher-Hartwig singularities, 217-241 [Zbl 0993.47028] \textit{Hardt, Volker; Mennicken, Reinhard}, On the spectrum of unbounded off-diagonal \(2\times 2\)-operator matrices in Banach spaces, 243-266 [Zbl 0994.47005] \textit{Janas, J.; Naboko, S.}, Multithreshold spectral phase transitions for a class of Jacobi matrices, 267-285 [Zbl 1017.47025] \textit{Kaashoek, M. A.; Woerdeman, H. J.}, Positive extensions and diagonally connected patterns, 287-305 [Zbl 0993.47017] \textit{Kamei, Eizaburo}, Parametrized Furuta inequality and its application, 307-317 [Zbl 1006.47020] \textit{Karelin, I.; Lerer, L.; Ran, A. C. M.}, \(J\)-symmetric factorizations and algebraic Riccati equations, 319-360 [Zbl 0994.47021] \textit{Kostyuchenko, A. G.; Shkalikov, A. A.}, Scattering of waves by periodic gratings and factorization problems, 361-383 [Zbl 1133.47308] \textit{Langer, Heinz; Markus, Alexander; Tretter, Christiane}, Corners of numerical ranges, 385-400 [Zbl 0990.47007] \textit{Malamud, M. M.}, On some classes of extensions of sectorial operators and dual pairs of contractions, 401-449 [Zbl 0985.47005] \textit{Marcantognini, S. A. M.; Morán, M. D.}, Liftings of intertwining operators, 451-471 [Zbl 0990.47008] \textit{Markus, Alexander; Matsaev, Vladimir}, Some estimates for the resolvent and for the lengths of Jordan chains of an analytic operator function, 473-479 [Zbl 0990.47014] \textit{Ogle, David; Young, Nicholas}, The Parrott problem for singular values, 481-503 [Zbl 0984.15014] \textit{de Pagter, B.; Sukochev, F. A.; Witvliet, H.}, Unconditional decompositions and Schur-type multipliers, 505-525 [Zbl 0991.47020] \textit{Pivovarchik, Vyacheslav}, Scattering in a loop-shaped waveguide, 527-543 [Zbl 0993.34074] \textit{Roch, Steffen}, Pseudospectra of operator polynomials, 545-558 [Zbl 0994.47017] Curriculum vitae of Israel Gohberg, xxiii-xxv [Zbl 0978.01051] \textit{Kaashoek, M. A.}, A review of the mathematical work of Israel Gohberg, xxvii-lvii [Zbl 0978.01050]