Double commuting compressed shifts and generalized interpolation in the Hardy space over the bidisk (Q866829)

Let \(H^{2}({\mathbb T}^{2})\) denote the Hardy space on the bidisk \( {{\mathbb T}}\times {{\mathbb T}}\subset{{\mathbb C}}^{2} \). For \( \varphi\in H^{\infty}({\mathbb T}^{2}) \), denote by \( T_{\varphi} \) the operator of multiplication by \(\varphi\) on \(H^{2}({\mathbb T}^{2})\). A subspace \( {\mathcal N} \subset H^{2}({\mathbb T}^{2}) \) is called a backward shift invariant subspace if \({\mathcal N}\) is invariant under \(T^{\ast}_{z}\) and \(T^{\ast}_{w}\), where \(z\) and \(w\) are the coordinate functions of the points of \({\mathbb T}^{2}\). Let \(P_{{\mathcal N}}\) be the orthogonal projection from \(H^{2}({\mathbb T}^{2})\) onto \({\mathcal N}\). For \( \varphi\in H^{\infty}(T^{2}) \), let \( S_{\varphi}=PT_{\varphi}|_{{\mathcal N}} \). The operators \(S_{z}\) and \(S_{w}\) are called the compressed shifts. In the paper under review, as a sequel to the paper [\textit{K.\,Izuchi, T.\,Nakazi} and \textit{M.\,Seto}, J.~Oper.\ Theory 51, No.\,2, 361--376 (2004; Zbl 1055.47009)], the authors obtain results on the commutant lifting problem for compressed shifts As a consequence of the obtained results, they study interpolation problems in two variables of Carathéodory type and Nevanlinna--Pick type.